Today is Adrian and Nikki's 10th wedding Anniversary! A special day to celebrate and that is what they are doing tonight. Nix has had a fairly good week, although she's feeling a bit sore again in her joints these days. She spent yesterday taking photographs for the SA Riding for the Disabled Christmas Party and felt it today in her joints. She spent most of today resting so that she could enjoy a nice dinner out with her hubby tonight. She has enjoyed having me be the patient for a change this week and made the most of spoiling me with flowers and treats!
Just an update on me: I am back home again. All went very well with the operation and the doctor is very happy with everything. As expected, the left half of my face is temporarily paralysed and expressionless so it looks so strange when I smile. The right side of my face looks normal while the other side looks deadpan and expressionless. This is due to the extensive work they did on the facial nerve and muscle. I will be like this for the next few weeks most likely. There is a significant amount of swelling in my face now a few days after the op. I am not able to close my left eye so it gets quite dry and blurry and I have trouble seeing properly so the 20 novels I had stacked up to read in my "off time" are still lying untouched! SO - the only thing to do is to lie down and sl-e-e-e-p. There is really nothing like this for resting, so I am making the most of it! Here is a photo of my beautiful new look: (taken the day after the op - I have swollen up a lot more since then - in fact my nose and teeth are well right of the centre line right now! eek).
Try this: put your hand over the right side of the pic and everything looks "normal". Then compare that to the other side - freaky!
The doc says that the tumour was bigger than he thought (about 2cm diameter) and it was attached to the muscle and the facial nerve was being pushed aside and growing around it. He said it was very good that we did the op now rather than waiting - the bigger it gets the more difficult the op. The tumour was tested and found to be benign - so that's good news. Now just patiently waiting for it all to heal. Thank you so much for all your prayers and good wishes and to our Father, the Master Physician for faithfully watching over the whole operation.
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