Day Four

Day five, for me, is a Saturday.  Saturdays are always busy, but today I am bugged by not being able to pick up stuff off the floor. My grandkids come over and even though they are really good to pick up after themselves, there are always a few items left. I also would like to vacuum and bend over to load some dishes in my dishwasher. Those are all things that end up putting a little pressure on my head and giving me a slight headache if I do them.  You are not supposed to bend over, carry anything over five pounds or do any vacuuming this early. Most of those restrictions are supposed to go away in another 3 or 4 days. 

As far as my eyes are concerned, I think they are better. They certainly do not feel as puffy as they did yesterday and they are not as red. My daughter, who is a general surgeon, explained to me that the bruising is a process that just takes time. The body has to come up and remove the clusters of blood under the skin and absorb them back into the body. The icing and hot packs promotes the process, but there is a ceratin amount of healing that has to take place and it is different in everyone. From my discussions with others, the brusing lasts about 2 weeks and after that is gone.  Another daughter is getting married in 4 weeks from the day of the surgery, so I am counting on that being the case.

I think when they are all healed, there will be a big difference. I will try to get the original picture from my doctor and post it at the end. It is hard to tell the details of the from the pictures below, but here is the comparison:

Today

Yesterday