I got a surprise today.  Carol came and she had the type of dressing the hospital said I could use when I came off wound vac with her.  So she took me off the wound vac!!!  I'm not convinced the dressing she put on is going to hold for 5 days between my Monday and Friday visits but we will see.  I can already see the gauze is wet and the tape has gaped at the bottom and it's damp.   I think I can fix that though.  She has ordered everything I need and it will be delivered tomorrow.  I still find myself looking to eee where tubing is or pick up machine when I get up out of my chair LOL.  After 22 weeks, I'm free!!!!!!!!!   I just wish I had some idea of how many months I'll have to be on the regular dressings.

I didn't go to work on Wednesday as my tooth pain kept me up all night and I had to take a lot of pain meds still on Wednesday.  Not a good way to start my first day back.  Yesterday was great, but I got a surprise.  The software I suggested we use for my job has been approved, and we have to have the servers up and running by the end of next week.  Neither myself or the person doing the server work know how to use the software, so this will be a baptism by fire!  I am only free 8/12 hours I'm supposed to be at the office next week, so I may have to work longer hours those days and take Friday off.  We will see.  It was great to be back.  I managed to tangle my tubing both around my chair and in the wheels so I'm really, really glad I only had to work the one day with the wound vac attached!

I wanted to celebrate tonight, but my friends I had tentative plans with were not available.  Sunday afternoon my pogo league is having a special tournament - to celebrate my coming off the vac machine.  That will be fun.

Oh, and booked a hotel for the trip Susan, Andrea and I are taking to celebrate our 40th birthdays.  We are going to Vegas for the week of my birthday!!!!!  We will be there Feb 7 to 14 and my birthday is the Saturday night.  None of us are gamblers, we are going for the shows and well, I am going to take two tours by myself to indulge a childhood dream and my love of scenic photography.  I'm going to do one day trip to the Grand Canyon and one to Bryce Canyon which my aunt said she liked better.  The girls aren't into that stuff and they have been to the grand canyon, so I'll go by myself.  The weather isn't that great at that time of year, but doesn't matter, we will have fun no matter what!  I have already said I want to see O at the Bellagio and am waiting to see what else will be playing then as most shows only list dates til December.