2 weeks post-op

Now that I'm back at work and stuck in front of my computer for 8.5 hours a day, I think I might update more. Updating this isn't as interesting as napping or watching TV, but it is more interesting than doing work! :)

Charles is still doing well! Today is his first day home alone since before the surgery! He says it hasn't been too exciting.. watching TV (nothing good is on of course) and napping. He's supposed to have dinner ready for me when I get home tonight, we'll see how that goes! Of course I had to remind him this morning to plan ahead and bake the sweet potatoes because our microwave stopped working yesterday! AWESOME :( I need to find the papers and receipt for it so I can take it back to Best Buy. Ugh. Poor Charlie, his instant mashed potatoes were still cold :(

Tomorrow is the appointment to get his stitches out! YAY! Also our opportunity to get more information from Dr. Black about exactly how the surgery went, how his recovery is looking, going back to work, and getting more info on radiosurgery in the future. Hopefully I will let you know later this week how that meeting went!

Tomorrow is also our 1.5 year anniversary, YAY! And 6 months since we brought home our kitties! And they still don't really like each other :( But at least they both love us both!!!

I need to look around for my digital camera tonight to see if I can get a good photo of his stitches before they are taken out. Maybe I forgot to say here because when I was talking to Greg at work today he seemed surprised when I told him how large the incision is: it goes from the middle of his forehead right below his hairline and follows behind his hairline all the way to the middle of his ear! It stops right in front of of the ear canal!

I have to say, so far, his recovery has been uneventful... THANK GOODNESS!!! :) Nothing too weird going on! He's been doing just fine. We haven't seen anything funky going on with the incision site other than it just healing and scabbing up. He's been feeling fine, no sign of infection. And thankfully he's been off his meds for about a week now so that wouldn't be keeping the infection from being known if he had one. His eyesight is fine, he says there's no real difference between his left and right eyes, just that he needs new glasses! He will probably get an appointment with a neuro-ophthalmologist just for good measure.

He's looking forward to asking Dr. Black when he can drive again! We'll see how that goes........!

He stopped by work last Friday to pick up his check and visit with people.. and show off his battle wound! I laughed at him as I watched him walking towards the building moving his hair out of the way so his entire scar is more visible. :)

His brother Rob stopped by on Sunday on his way back from a Red Sox game which was nice! Charlie was very happy to see him... although disappointed that he hadn't come with Victoria & Braden! They chatted and played some Wii Sports Resort. Visitors have been making Charles very happy. He's always smiling and upbeat during and afterwards... until he crashes. We even went out to Trivia last Thursday with some of our friends and Charles had a great time (as we all did!) and he helped clinch the win because he got the final question right which kept us in the lead- he knew that the #1 hit by the Starland Vocal Band was Afternoon Delight! Oh Charles and his 70's music :)

Charles noticed the other day that where his dent is, you could actually see his head throbbing.. it was pulsating, it's quite weird but.. there's nothing obviously wrong with it (unless someone writes to me to say its a bad thing!). I told him to just be careful about any pressure going to his head. Poor Charles has to put up with me nagging him about not bending over and not picking things up! It's a good thing he likes me and he's sensible enough to know it's just because I care! :)