Back to Work

Thursday July 24, 2008 I went back to work after being off for a month. I'm feeling much better and I hope to continue to feel good. I still have my times where I'm not feeling good but nothing like I was last month.

We have sold our house

We heard from our real estate agent that the offer was accepted. We went looking for apartments yesterday and found one that we like that falls in our budget. I'm sad that we are moving out of our house but I'm sure it will be OK. Going from a house to an apartment is going to be a challenge for me, mostly because of the privacy will not be the same. I've been on short term disability for a few weeks now because I have been extremely sick with the pregnancy. I'm 13 weeks today so hopefully I will start to feel better soon. I should be able to return to work July 23rd but I will have to wait and see what my doctor says when I go back for a check up. I have not gained any of the weight that I lost so I get concerned about that, thinking maybe the baby isn't getting enough nutrients but I'm able to eat and drink so that is good. I've been having problems with my pinkie finger, same injury from my car accident back in 2005. It's extremely sore and swollen so I called my surgeon and I have an appointment this Friday for him to look at it. I will need to have the metal that was left in my finger around the joint that was fused during my second surgery. Since I'm pregnant the only option is to use a local numbing and he will have to cut the top of my finger to remove the metal. I have to go to the hospital for this because they have to cut the metal because there are two knots and they wouldn't be able to pull that through the skin without cutting the knots off first. I'm nervous about this because everyone knows I can't stand the sight of blood and when the numbing medicine wears off I will not be able to take any pain killers. I wanted to make sure my finger was well healed before I have the baby in January.