Surgery Date Set and Puppy Update

I spent the morning doing number-related stuff, which I hate, so I decided to indulge myself and spent the last part of my day here.  I just got off the phone with my plastic surgeon's nurse and she scheduled my surgery for January 8!  I'm excited and terrified.  I'll be spending five days in the hospital.  The last time I was in the hospital (for my mastectomy), they had these beds that made me sea sick.  The inflate and deflate periodically.  I'm sure the goal is to prevent bedsores for people who are hospitalized for long periods.  I was nauseated from the surgery and the bed just made it worse.  Furthermore, it was noisy. 

It's going to be painful and there will be a substantial period of time when I'm pretty limited in terms of my physical activity.  On the other hand, it can't possibly be any worse than chemo.  It won't last as long, for one thing.  Here's the other weird thing:  nipple and aureola won't be constructed for a year after my surgery.  I'm not sure why that's so, but I think it's because there's a lot of adjusting that goes on in an effort to make sure everything is symmetrical and looks like an actual breast. I'm sure I'll be complaining about it all here.

As for Wolf, he's doing great!  What a smart little guy!  He's pretty much figured out the whole potty training thing and he's learned to sit already.  He's heavily into biting stuff, though, including me.  I look like I've been in a bar fight or something. I've got a couple of bite marks on my face and several scratches and bite marks on my arms.  I've managed to prevent him from tearing up anything important by just giving him as many things to chew on as possible.  He just chews on me because he gets over excited.  He's just a baby, so his emotional control is kind of limited.

Hubby has been more attentive to him since we had a little chat about it.  Wolf adores Hubby, probably because the attention from him is more limited than from me.  We're constantly together to ensure he's not tearing up something or peeing somewhere.  My mom has been coming over every day to babysit, because Hubby is lacking in patience.  She thinks he's adorable.  I hope to get some photos over the weekend.  If I manage, I'll post some here, assuming I can figure out how to do that.

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Bushism of the day:

"I want to thank my friend, Sen. Bill Frist, for joining us today. … He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. (Laughter.) Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me." - Nashville, Tenn., May 27, 2004