I went to see Dr. Wills this morning to get the stints out of my nose.  To say the least I was a little apprehensive.  I had heard some horror stories about this day and this surgery, but to my suprise it was next to painless.  (after seeing the size and length of the stints though I'm convinced that they were blocking pain receptors in my medulla oblongata)  The nurse asked if I was O.K. and I said sure, and then it happened.  I took a fresh, clean, unobstructed breath of air and told her, "It's never been like this before."  To which she replied, "It'll continue to get better for the next couple of weeks as healing finishes."  It's something that I can't really explain unless you have been through the same thing.  It's pretty awesome. 

A friend asked me last night if it was worth it and I told him, "I'll let you know tomorrow."  Well, it was.  The surgery has come a long way from the horror stories that I had heard.  Knowing what I know now, I'd do it all again.   Thanks Dr. Wills and all the nurses for a great nose job.  Here's the new me.

Well, I left the house for the first time today.  Sarah drove me into town to get a haircut.  It was refreshing.  I was up and around for quite a bit today and didn't need any pain medicine to speak of.  That in itself was refreshing too.   I'm looking forward to seeing eveyone in the morning.  I'll try to remember to bring a flashlight so the kids can look up my nose!  :-)  The plastic tubes come out monday and I'm very excited to see what happens.  The doc told me that the worst part of the surgery is having to try to breathe with them in your nose, but I'm actually breathing as good right now with the tubes in as I was before the surgery.  Matt Ward tells me that it's a world changer when they come out.  I hope that's right.

Thanks Moe's for the supper last night and the Teagues for the grub tonight.  It was wonderful and very much appreciated.  Sarah has been doing a great job holding everything together here at the house and taking great care of me.  On the church front, thanks everyone for making AWANA and Live Wire run smoothly last week and for the cards, balloons, and candy.  I love you all.

I just wanted to tell everyone thanks for all the prayers through my surgery yesterday.  I was praying that I wouldn't say anything crazy while I was under.  (Sar said I only said 1 crazy thing but she was the only one in the room and she's used to me saying dumb stuff so no big deal).  Dr. Wills said he removed a lot of blockage and I should be able to breathe much better and maybe I'll be able to sit down and get still without going to sleep.  Thanks for the pizza last night Andy and Robin, it and the cinnamon sticks really hit the spot.  I'll be hanging out on the couch for the next few days with junk in my nose trying not to sneeze and taking the pain meds.  I'm a little sore but not too bad, (and I want to keep it that way)  I think I hear a nap calling my name.  ttfn