Day 33, AYAT… They revised the ileostomy because it had retracted a little into my abdomen and we couldn’t get a good seal around it to put the stoma bag on. This had been a problem for several days and I was frustrated with all of the leakage. I had hoped that we could reverse the ileostomy but I had had a test that showed my lower intestines still were not working right. Thank God the doctor did those tests!!! If he hadn’t and just reversed the ileostomy, I would have had another leak and been right back to becoming septic. Again, my fantastic doctor and his staff took great care of me.

Today, I renewed my drivers license… Why is this a big deal you might ask. Well, it had expired and legally I was not able to drive, so I didn’t. This had never happened to me before but I feel that I am still preoccupied with all that happened last year and I am still healing from my most recent surgery. It does feel at times that I will never be fully past all of this but I know that is a passing thought. It will be a thing of the past and life will move forward. In fact, if anything, today is proof that life is moving forward. I guess I will have to do two things at once. Not the first person to have to do that and I am still here to be able to do that. Mundane things are a treasure because there was a time when I couldn’t do them. I am reminding myself that there are still people who cannot do those things and are wishing they had my life. Blessings are everywhere, you just need to look for them.