Sorry about yesterday, I now realize that post was kind of depressing. Anyways, today started off bad, but I decide to stop feeling sorry for myself and turn it around. Let's start off with why I was upset this morning. I was upset because when I looked in the mirror this morning, I saw this.
Yes my right eye was completely swollen shut and the left eye was just about there. I started crying. But I told myself "this is just a part if the healing process, it will get better" And it actually did. I drank an entire bottle of Ensure today in one siting, not to mention soup, a milkshake, a smoothie, and even some hot chocolate. To add to this, I only had I take my pain medicine twice today in comparison to every 4 hours. Around noon I decided to try and brush my teeth, and it worked. I had to use a little baby toothbrush and I'm only able to brush a few teeth, but my goodness it felt amazing. Around this time, the swelling actually started to go down! My eyes opened up and my cheeks depuffed a little bit! I was so amazing at how fast I went from looking like I did this morning, to looking more like i did on day too (except for the lips, those are still as huge as the first pic). Bruising also started to show up today; parts of my cheek and my neck are this weird greenish color. Still to light to really notice, but bruising is a good sign of healing. Last night was also the night that I pretty much slept throughout the night; although still no luck with the uncontrollable drooling due to the fact that I have a gaping hole between my lips that I can't close right now. But I really don't mind the drool all that much because most of the day, I'm sitting comfortably in a recliner watching Netflix and keeping the drool where it belongs.
I felt much better today, and I'm sorry for freakish anybody out with my last post. This whole thing is sort of an emotional roller coaster, but if you keep fighting and keep yourself very busy, you'll find that it is much easier to get through the day.
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