My friend looks good. As in, insanely good for someone who had a complete pelvic reconstruction less than three weeks ago. Her face is clear; her cheeks are pink. Her hair is shiny and soft. Her voice is strong, and her words are articulate (as always). She is still my favorite loud friend. Did this … Continue reading
I’m not sure when I will be able to take my son to his first live football game, but he got a good taste of the game today from the living room. I had pelvic reconstruction surgery two weeks ago to repair the diastasis symphysis pubis (separated pelvis) sustained during childbirth. My son was born … Continue reading
Today was a good day for a bath. Company’s coming, see, and I don’t want to look greasy. My sister and her two girls and a dear college friend and her fiancé are on the way to my apartment as I write this. Today was just my second head-to-toe scrub town in officially two weeks. … Continue reading
I am a lucky, lucky girl. My husband got a card at work today. It was addressed to both of us. From the sister of a good friend of mine. A woman I have never met in person. My friend had told her about this blog and she cared enough to track down my husband’s … Continue reading
I have never in my life felt as helpless as I did at about 8:05 a.m. My little guy was laying on his belly on the bed while I was on my commode and my husband was in the kitchen preparing the little guy’s oat cereal. The little guy looked at me with that grin. … Continue reading
Good things happened today: I didn’t pinch my legs at all today during transfers. SUCCESS! I am less afraid of falling and that is making me safer. I am able to transfer on the board without touching my feet to the floor at all. This is big. While the physical therapist assured me it is … Continue reading
My younger sister and I are very different people. I am five-and-a-half years older and we have lived very different lives. But our bond is stronger than any pair of siblings I have ever known. When I could’t get out of bed two days after delivering my son, she packed up her three-month-old, arranged for … Continue reading
One of the perks of working for the university is one class per semester tuition free. Today was the first meeting of my class. I decided to take advantage of this benefit and enrolled in Anthropology of Women before I knew I would need surgery. I thought it would be a great opportunity to see … Continue reading
Holy cow! If you would have told me I would come home today to two sparkling bathrooms, five loads of cleaned and folded laundry and gobs of boxes and tubs stacked neatly and filling two-thirds of the living room I wouldn’t have believed you. I should have. The stereotype of the Midwestern work ethic was … Continue reading
Today was monumental. We went from about five boxes packed to more than a dozen boxes and tubs ready to go. Two dear college friends (who will marry each other in 53 weeks!) are here from Des Moines to help us. Tomorrow, while we are at work and the little guy is at daycare, they … Continue reading
Separated at Birth 