Here is what I look like at 6:30 this morning on my way out the door back to work…
I don’t think you realize it but Steph should get more credit than I have been writing, which has been next to nothing up to this point. From the moment I made the decision to become bionic, Steph has been extremely supportive. And she put up with a lot of crap along the way. It wasn’t until the last visit to Dr. Diaz-Ordaz’s office when she met the doctor were most of her fears quashed and she became my strongest supporter, cheerleader and sometime secretary. Then on the day of the surgery, as nervous as I was she stood tall like a eagle ready to take all the shit I could dish out especially on a morning when I could eat or drink anything…coffee included. And then sitting through 4 hours of not knowing what was going on and not knowing that there was a “small” problem in that they couldn’t get the breathing tube down my throat and had to resort to shoving it up my nose (getting the picture?).
Fast forward to recovery…
Now you can see she is already at work making sure I am comfortable and she even managed to smile for the camera. With older son Mike playing sidekick, she got me home and upstairs to the bed. Believe me, I had no clue where I was or what I was doing…in a total state of stupor with the worse case of vertigo. But not to worry, there was nurse Steph armed and ready for the next task – a nice warm bowl of chicken soup and at the same time, juggling all of the phone calls from everyone and everyone’s grandmother and Uncle Harry. And every day for the next 5 days, this exercise was repeated. And of course Mike and Dan were wonderful helpers.
Enough with the dramatics… but I think one needs to take a perspective in all of this and come to think, the recovery could not have been as speedy and successful if it wasn’t for Nurse Steph. And I don’t think I would have gone through all of this alone without her either. And I don’t think my world would be as complete as it is without her. And, I am surely looking forward to that wonderful journey after getting turned on and many many many more….happily forever. I love you, Steph!