Time

I am feeling better each day. The last few days have been my best. The gum tissue has pulled away from my new bone and, although the doctor has repaired it as best he can, he was not able to fix it all. So our next step is to just wait and pray that the bone itself remains viable despite the lack of gum tissue. Meanwhile I rinse it many times a day in salt water and peroxide keeping it clean and waiting for the rest of the tissue to heal. Yes, that rinse is disgusting and I am growing tired of tasting salt water all the time ewwww! The chance of the bone remaining viable is just 50/50 so we wait. The doc said he has seen it swing both ways. If it fails then he will go back in and remove it. We decide at that point how much of the bone can remain and if enough of the bone mass was preserved to allow for implants. YES I am praying it holds. I would love to eat normally again some day. The idea of biting into a hamburger appeals to me . :)

I really am doing well. At times I get frustrated with how slow this process is. I have to remind myself I am doing very well for the amount of time is has been...34 days post surgery and my hip is improving and my mouth is healing up. These are blessings and should be thought of that way.

IN OTHER RANDOM NEWS:

Today is Monday, April 11th, 2011 and the date that my family returns here to see me is Sunday, June 5th, 2011. I decided to put the dates into a duration calculator to figure out how long I have to wait till I see my family. The outcome is below.

I look forward to having my family back with me. I think the verse "It is not good for man to be alone" should also apply to women as well. :-)

Can you tell the wait is getting to me?

Duration calculation results

From and including: Monday, April 11, 2011
To, but not including : Sunday, June 5, 2011

It is 55 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the end date

Or 1 month, 25 days excluding the end date

Alternative time units

55 days can be converted to one of these units:

• 4,752,000 seconds
• 79,200 minutes
• 1320 hours
• 7 weeks (rounded down)