{sniff sniff}

i've been down for the count the past couple weeks. my jacked up sinuses demanded to be fixed, and the doc said surgery was the only solution. a spring cleaning of the sinus cavities, of sorts. only with suction and stitches, rather than swiffers and pine-sol.

freaked. out.

 from the pre-surgery paperwork telling me to "bring an extra set of clothes in case you soil them" (wait, what?! i could poop myself?!) to the numerous post-surgical appointments to remove splints, gels, packing and other "debris" (how can my little nose hold so much?!), i was a mental case.

thankfully, i had a dose of some medicine before the surgery (potent!) to calm me down, which caused my husband to post this status on facebook:

they gave sarah a presurgery sedative. she keeps mumbling about lil wayne and "sippin on syrup". can anyone hipper than me translate?

(he had to tell me about this later. no memory. apparently, afterwards we had a discussion on chalice/pimp cups. anesthesia turns me in to a gangster?!)

1.5 hours of surgery, a broken and reset septum, reduced turbinates (?), and cysts & polyps removal later, i looked like this:

i guess the first thing i said to hubs after coming out of the anesthesia was "i didn't wet or poop myself babe!" he was proud.

it's a good thing i have such a great husband. he had to change that gauze pad every couple hours (what he affectionately called my "strawberry jelly filled" nose), and kept me up to the minute on my pain meds and antibiotics. 

the pup was good company too. i really think she knew something was up, because she always stayed close but was very calm and gentle around me.

(she blends in with the guest bedroom bedding)

she  also caught on to the fact that the only way she was going to get attention was to have gauze on her nose.

the road to recovery has been long and super annoying (try walking around with huge dry boogers in your nostrils and not blow them out. yeah, they're scabs and i can't blow my nose for another week). now that the worst is over, i'm trying to stay positive. my life have been enriched with the joys of a saline rinse 5 times a day (sarcasm). no really, i can't wait to be 100% - spring has sprung! and i have a cleaned-out nose to take it all in! 

and now back to regularly scheduled blogging :)