Back to the land of the living …
barely. I’m happy to report that my surgeries seemingly were very successful. It will take time to know for sure, but at least the pain I’m feeling now seems to be more surgery-related pain than a continuation of the pre-surgery pain.
I did have one brief return to the hospital after initially coming home. I began having chest pains and difficulty breathing on Saturday. I called my medical group and the physician on call became very alarmed and told me to immediately get to an ER because either of those symptoms could be caused by a blood clot or pulmonary embolism both of which are extremely dangerous post-surgery. Thankfully, I didn’t appear to have either. After keeping me overnight for observation and a myriad of tests, I was released on Sunday afternoon again. When I’m feeling up to it, I’ll post more about the return trip to the hospital.
If you want to see the last project I completed before surgery, you can check it out on Vonna’s blog. It’s a biscornu I stitched using Brightneedle’s Quaker Seasons pattern and Caribbean Laney thread from Carrie’s Creations. The button was purchased at my favorite local shop and is from Just Another Button Company (I think).
I’ll sign off for now just by thanking everyone for their good thoughts, vibes, prayers, comments, email messages, etc. Hopefully I’ll be feeling up to posting regularly and stitching again soon! Happy stitching! 
April 16th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
So glad you’re up & around Melissa. Hope to see you back at the boards soon.
April 16th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
Glad to hear your surgeries were a success!!
April 17th, 2007 at 5:27 am
I’m so glad that you are feeling a little better.
Guess we’re a couple of Daffies! LOL!
I’m hoping continued healing and soon up and about…oh…as I was looking through your blog I saw that you are a “daffodil” too…so was I when I took the test
April 17th, 2007 at 6:36 am
Keep your pecker up!
April 17th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Beautiful work, Melissa! I’m glad to hear that you are on the road to recovery. I hope that you are painfree in no time.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
The biscornu is lovely!!
I’m glad to hear your surgeries went well and I hope you have an excellent recovery. Take care of yourself!
April 18th, 2007 at 8:35 am
(((((((((((melissa)))))))))))) so good to see you posting!!!! hang in there sweetie and follow your doctors orders!
April 18th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Oh, so glad to see you up and about again, gf. You did give us a bit of a scare on Saturday. Glad it didn’t turn out to be something horrid. Whew! Heal fast! :-)
April 20th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
So glad you are recovering pretty well so far. I hope soon you can get back to stitching! Keep us posted.
April 20th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
I’m glad you home, and that the “scare” was nothing serious. Now try to relax, and rest up to get on the road to recovery. {{gentle hugs}}
April 24th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Melissa - glad to see you are well on the road to recovery!!! Hope you are back to stitching now. Suz
April 27th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Glad you are feeling better! I love your biscornu - it’s a gorgeous finish.
April 30th, 2007 at 8:20 am
As always, your work is just stunning!!! Feel better and stay in touch!!!
May 1st, 2007 at 6:36 am