No Longer "Drained"

Well, the day finally came!!! I thought it was never going to come, but it FINALLY did!! My surgical drain was taken out on Friday!!! It was such a relief and very exciting to get it out, but I must say it felt a little weird not having that thing attached to me anymore. I posted before and after pictures and a picture of exactly how much of the tubing was inside of me since people have been curious.

Before:


After:


This isn't the best picture of what my stomach looks like without the drain. I couldn't get the drain or bandage wet, so I couldn't take a shower. Yeah, it was awful. I could only sit in a couple inches of water in the bath and sponge bathe and then wash my hair in the sink. Let's just say it was a long 6 weeks!! My skin was so yucky underneath the bandage; very dry and moist at the same time. The picture below shows the length of the drain, and the yucky stuff on the bandage is almost like mold. It was gross!!! The blue tube that is curled and on the left side of the bandage is what was inside of me.


It is so nice being back to normal and getting back into our old routine. Grady has been so good through all of this. Here are some pictures of my sweet boy from the last 6 weeks.

Pumpkin Patch Fun!!!

Over the weekend Aaron and I decided to take our sweet Grady James to the Pumpkin Patch. It was a fun family outing and we got some cute pictures of our little guy.



He was a little unsure of the pumpkins and hay at first. After awhile of lounging with them he was fine. He is getting so big!!!



This is my sweet boy rolling around with all the miniature pumpkins. He finally decided he could roll over!!! My mom was here last week and she woke up and he was on his tummy in his crib. Yay for Grady!!! I was very proud of my boy. Now he is a rolling machine and loves to roll into mommy's blinds and play in the window. We took him to the doctor last week for a sick visit and he now weighs a whopping 18 lbs 11 oz. BIG BOY!! He just had his 5 month birthday and he is already wearing 9 month and 12 month clothes!!!As for me, I still have my ugly surgical drain in. The fluid is decreasing so hopefully it can come out soon!!! Happy Halloween!!