Removal

I drove my husband to the doctor's office yesterday. He had an appointment with the doctor to have the splints removed from his nose. As much as I'm relieved that they are being removed, I know he is 1000 times happier. He can breathe through his nose for the first time in a week.

When he had his surgery last week for his nose and throat, I've been helping him. I've been getting things for him and asking if he needs anything. It felt like I was bothering him sometimes. Maybe he doesn't want anything? Maybe he just wants to be left alone? I told him I thought I would just ask.

I asked him the other day if he needed or wanted anything. He said no. I wanted to know if I was helping him by asking him so many questions. He said I was helping him. Maybe he was tired of not being able to breathe through his nose. Or maybe he was sick of laying around and not doing anything. But it didn't seem like I was helping at all. I asked him if I was helping he. He reassured me I was.

My husband is an active person. He doesn't exercise as much as me, but he doesn't exactly sit around and do nothing either. It has been difficult to watch him struggle to sleep and breathe. Only getting air into his body through his mouth for almost a week. Besides not sleeping too well, he hasn't been eating too much either. He can't eat hot food because it could burn his throat and/or tear the incisions. He couldn't taste his food because he couldn't breathe through his nose. He told me that he has lost about 10 pounds since his surgery. I joked with him, that was the diet that I needed. I'm hoping he will gain his appetite back soon after his throat heals.

Since he has not been eating a lot of food, I have been eating lunch and dinner on my own. My husband and I plan out our lunches every week and sometimes our dinners. The lunch board has been empty since last Thursday. I have been eating nothing more then sandwiches and soup for lunch and dinner since last Thursday. As you can image, I'm getting tired of the sandwiches and soups. I need more variety. I was hoping that after the splints were removed, that my husband would instantly want some real food to eat. I realized that will not happen. He is still having a hard time swallowing and talking. I will continue to eat my sandwiches and soup until his throat is better. Until then I can think about wanting to eat some steak, pork or something really warm, besides soup.

He is still not 100% but the road to getting there is much shorter then before.