Our Wednesday was pretty exciting here in Harbor East! After therapy, we took off Tessa's dressings for the first time since surgery. Seeing the incisions was pretty traumatic for her- she doesn't like imagining the graphic details of the operation, like the sutures passing through skin, and it's hard for her not to picture that when you can see the individual stitches. I tried to reassure her that the scars would heal nearly imperceptibly and would be nothing compared to the deep scars she carries from her past operations, but it was still upsetting.
For a distraction, we then watched some Freaks and Geeks. This show totally cracks us up! It only lasted one season back in '99, but was created by Judd Apatow, who has gone on to produce the funniest movies of the last ten years (Anchorman, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Superbad, Bridesmaids). It's about high school freshman in 1980, so the pop culture references are right in my wheelhouse and it's fun to explain to Tessa what they're talking about. It has a lot of actors who have gone on to great success, like Seth Rogen and James Franco.
After that we decided to go hunt and gather some supplies. There's a CVS pharmacy and a Whole Foods market just down the street, and we wheeled on down through a light rain to get some Band-Aids and food for dinner. Tessa wasn't in a photographic mood, but I was able to sneak in a few:
The view going down our hallway towards the elevator:
Street-level view coming back from Whole Foods:
Mirrored elevator:
View coming back from the elevator towards the apartment:
After a nice vegetarian dinner I subjected her to another period piece comedy from my youth: Meatballs (with Bill Murray)! She thought it was funny and that the 70's fashions were ridiculous. It was a time when hair was long and gym shorts were truly short.
This afternoon- the last therapy session of the week! Susan and Sam visit tomorrow, and it will be great to have some company and hear more about Sam's epic trip to Orlando with Zanny and Mitchell!
Uummmburrr!! Yous gonna be in big trouble takin thems pictures of Tessa when she weren't lookin'!! Hope Sam has tons of good stuff to say about his trip!
Posted by: Zanny | June 18, 2011 at 04:19 PM
You can barely see the stitches in that picture! I was expecting it to be much worse- like the previous operations.
You guys should move on to some classics, like Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Posted by: Diana Edwin | June 17, 2011 at 11:23 PM
Haha nice Mr. Smith- loving the sneaky pics!
Posted by: Grace Heitmann | June 17, 2011 at 01:34 PM
Looking good, Tessa Jean. Go out and get some crab cakes. They are not really meat. You can eat them all day. Crab cakes, fried potatoes and onions. Yum. Hang in there. Love to All!!! GS
Posted by: Jim (Grampa) Smith | June 17, 2011 at 10:56 AM