Day Three - Home Sweet Home

 I was up at 6am and sitting in my chair.  Had a good chat with my roommate and helped feed her breakfast.  I had most of my things ready to go for when Geoff came.  The night nursing staff did the finishing vitals at 6am and the day nursing staff start their vitals at 7:30am (shifts are 7 till 7).  I was up and waiting today.  The nurses came in and out wishing me the best of luck and telling me that I was well on my way to my new life.  Geoff arrived just a few minutes before 8am so that he could give me my injection of Lovenox. Lovenox is a blood thinner that I am required to be on for the next two weeks as a precaution due to the family history of blood clots.  Geoff was taught to give these injections and has given my two already with the nurses watching.  Tonight will be our first injection with just him administer it...I am sure he will do just fine as his daughter has juvenile diabetes and had to give her injections for many years. It was a bit of a chore to find a pharmacy that had the injections though....apparently Shopper's didn't have them or just wasn't willing to order them ...as being a former Shopper's employee and having done the pharmacy ordering I know that the injections could have been ordered this morning at 9:30am and been there this afternoon in there afternoon order.  Anyways they sent us somewhere else so now we are waiting for the arrival of the injections.  The nursing staff gave me instructions and directions on what to do, what to look for and of course, a special staple remover tool to take to my family doctor to have the staples taken out on 28th of April.  All 20 staples, spaced over six incisions.  Nothing to worry about....come this far I can handle a few staples being removed.  Now the highlight of the day besides being home with my doggies and in my own house is I got weighed.  Wierd eh, never thought I would be happy about being weighed but I am pleased to announce that I have lost another 17 lbs since Friday couples with the 20 lbs from the shakes and the 9lbs from just watching and exercise I am down a total of 46 lbs.  My food intake is very small right now but I follow the rules and measure everything exactly until I get used to what I need to intact, but like I said before when you are full you are definitely full.  I am very excited to see the changes that are going to continue to happen.  Rapid weight loss is scary but exciting at the same time.  The nurses insisted by May I will need to buy some new clothes in different sizes.  I have to wait three weeks to be able to go back to the gym but I really am looking forward to going back and getting into a routine.  I am excited that I should be down at least 70lbs by then and should feel better over all about working out.  My new start to my new life is quite energizing.  The encouragement and love from so many friends and family has been exception and I thank you all so much for your concern.  I will continue to blog about my daily journey through my new world.  My new life is looking bright and beautiful but remember not to judge each day by the harvest that you reap but by the seeds that you have sown - Robert Louis Stevenson.