[+] I had a septoplasty on July 7th in Kalispell. I was really blessed to have people to stay with the night before and the night after the surgery as well as people to sit with Jon while I was in surgery and to pray with me before I went in. I had an AWESOME anesthesiologist with a sense of humor and actually very little pain for the first three days after the surgery.

[+] We got stuck in Browning with a coolant issue on the way home from Kalispell and happened across some awesome guys who fixed things enough for us to get home… for $20. (This is about 1/10 of what it would have cost to take it to our mechanic.) When we did take it in, there were simple fixes: a new coolant reservoir and a new jumbo fuse which also made my horn, my radio, and a few other cool things work for the first time since I bought the car. Score!

[+] I spent the week of surgery off of work (on my boss’ advice) and it was a time of sporadic sleep (it’s hard to sleep after a septoplasty because you have so much crud in your nose) as well as getting stuff up for Day of Blogs (the alternative blogathon that I’m helping to organize and blogging in next Saturday).

[+] I had my sutures and splints removed in Kalispell last Tuesday which was excruciatingly painful because of all the nerve endings in the nose as well as stuff getting hung up inside my nasal cavity. I’ll refrain from describing the other scab/blood/snot removed from my nasal cavity except to say that I’m amazed at how much can fit in there. Having to have the impressions redone for my night guard was easy in comparison even though not being able to breathe through my nose made me vomit.