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The Penthouse lol

Sooooo here I am in the penthouse hahaha......this is the new part of the hospital where I was before was in the old wing and you could definitely tell.  When the porter came to move me on Friday the 29th, he told me the room I was going to had an excellent view and was nicer overall.  So I've been here since Friday and a lot has happened.  First let me share my sweet setup.
View from my bed


Lots of shelving, I have my picture Alyssa made me hanging up along with a bunch of other stuff


My setup with iPad and TV

So where was I ........  Since I've been here a lot has happened.  I get woken up every morning by one of the surgeons on my doctors team.  I think he enjoys waking me up bc every morning he says something goofy to try to get me up.  There is constantly nurses, pain team, doctors coming in.  My doctor and I had a good chat.  She just keeps reminding me how well the surgery went, she ended up doing reconstructive bc she felt it was the best decision for me long term.  I can't remember if I already spoke about this in my blog or not.  If not here I go again lol.  With the reconstructive it will help my mobility down the road and bc I'm so young was the best option.  So your probably wondering what the reconstructive looks like.  Here is a pic:
The bright white is the reconstructive

So the question everyone asks me "will you walk again" .of course I will. I just have along time till I I I get there.  My rehab will be very intense but if I push myself I should be home by Xmas.  The tumour my doctor removed was the size of a large roast beef.  I probably lost a few pounds just from having it removed.  

Today when my doctor came In she noticed that one part of my incision is not healing well, it's infected.  She warned me about this bc I received radiation sometimes incisions have a hard time healing.  The sent me down for a ct scan to see if infection is in and around implant or not.  Worse case scenario I will have to go through with surgery for them to flush everything out.  The thought of this scares me but I have to put my trust in my doctors and do what they say.  

I will continue tomorrow .....it's getting late and I'm exhausted.  
Will blog again tomorrow ..




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