Common sense must reign, I say!
I also wanted to give a bit of an update about my husband, concerning his abdominal rebuild that he had back in May.
Never fear. I am excited to say that there is no bad news at all!
You may recall having seen these amazing pictures! We still can't believe how much more 'normal' he looks!
As the months have gone by everything has gone as it should. However, that doesn't mean that everything is easy for him. This has been a long and strenuous road with still more to go. He's about 90 days out and is now having to really stretch and learn to use the muscles with the way they have been changed and re-purposed because basically some of his oblique muscles were completely moved and integrated into his abdominals.
Up to this point he has been in a binding garment almost 24/7 to protect the work that was done and allow for healing. Now my husband has to start the process of letting his muscles relearn how to be strong for his core. It is a tough and painful process leaving him feeling sore on most days.
But this is all just one more step in the process and we are grateful to be doing this work. It will be worth it. I see those commercials with the vets coming back from war severely injured and I can't help but think that this is really nothing compared to all that. And yet, it is hard for me to watch my husband struggle through this process.
It all goes to show again that anything worth having takes a lot of hard work to get to. It seems these days this poor guy is always working hard towards something- whether it's all those hours of study and testing to become an actuary or working super hard to just have a normally functioning body, this guy sure could use a break! I am so looking forward to watching my husband transition from hard work to more wonderful results and I know it's going to happen for him!
