Day 2.5

So surgery went well. As well as cutting out a parotid gland tumor goes. So it was a deep lobe tumor and so he had to remove it all. i was left with a sizable chunk of my insides missing, but i suppose i'll be ok. They don't act like it's worth being alarmed. i guess i'm a good patient in the sense that i have enough trust to just go with the flow. i would've been disappointed if i woke up without a jaw, but i would've probably understood if they tried to explain it to me.

Anyway, so i've got this tube sticking out of my head for drainage. It's actually pretty neat, but super inconvenient since i don't really feel like going out and having people stare. i was in recovery and the guy across from me was staring like crazy. In fact, the guy and what i assumed to be his parents were all staring at me. When i got home and looked in the mirror i realized why. i'll post some pics later. But yeah, so i've got this tube sticking out of my head down into this little plastic grenade looking thing to store all the stuff that drains out. It looks like strawberry punch. Ooh, or Hawaiian Punch.

i'm actually feeling rather inconvenienced though. i've got a LOT of stuff i still need to do and i can't really do it in my current condition. i've got a lot more shadowing i want to do which will take a couple of weeks at least. i have to get my recommendation letters together. i've gotta get my contract for graduation. i've gotta finish my dent school app. i've got to study for my DATs. i have a dentistry workshop at LLU in July. No time!!

i didn't really need too many pain meds early on since i was still kind of numb, but now i'm starting to feel it. The left side of my face is weak and my left eye doesn't like to close. My face is totally like Two-Face from the Batman cartoon since the left side of my face is fairly unresponsive and the right side moves fine, but when both sides don't sync up when you smile it just looks strange.

And so that's that. Time for more resting.