Not for the squeamish..

Turn away now if you don't want to see.

This was my first peek and it kind of made me freak out.  Nick was gone to Youth Conference for 2 days, my Dad had just left after helping me for the first week.  I was however glad I peaked so that I didn't totally freak out the next day at the doctors when the Bandaging came off completely.

 Because seriously... This is gross.  I couldn't look at it.  I took a picture to text to Nick and then didn't look again.  Did you know they take out the staples with out any anesthetic?  That's right she just yanked all 16 of them out, with out even a pause.  Even thinking about it now still makes me nauseous.

 This was a couple of days later after it had healed a little more. Still so swollen and bruised.

 And then there were the hives.  horrible awful, no good, very bad, HIVES.  These struck on Saturday and peaked on Fathers Day Sunday.  Poor Nick made his own breakfast, lunch and dinner. So Pathetic.

 I have a picture of my face all swollen and misshapen with hives, but I am to embarrassed by it so it will not be revealed here.

This is today.  Today it Hurts,  It looks a lot better though!! It has been a long week.

The Light colored scar is the scar from the surgery I had when I was 12.  I broke me knee cap and ripped all the connecting ligaments and tendons.  Hopefully this surgery will have fixed some of the issues from that one.  

Although I honestly don't remember ever having a well-functioning knee.

 Tonight I am really grateful that Nick is Home!  And to make up for the Hive-ridden Fathers Day, we are celebrating Fathers Day tomorrow and I am so excited.  There are presents, good food, and fun on the agenda.  No one deserves it more.  Not having him home for the last week, makes me appreciate all the little things he does every day for me and our boys.

Speaking of the Boys.  They are so excited Daddy is home, they are being super bad and are sitting in time-out right now.  That's right 10:30 at night.  It's awful.