My husband did put the pillows on our bed to good use, though, by barricading me on my side of the bed. He didn't want me to fall out and he didn't want to accidentally touch me during the night, so I literally had 2 pillows on my left and 2 pillows on my right making a cocoon around me.
It's honestly really uncomfortable trying to sleep with the drains in. If you turn the wrong way, the drains pull a little on your skin. Since you don't know how much of the drain is actually in your body, you're not sure if you can pull it out, so you panic, wake up your husband and then have trouble getting back to sleep.
My husband was also worried about my pain, so he set his alarms to get up during the night to make sure that I got my pain meds, NSAIDs and antibiotics.
I got some Entenmann's mini coffee crumb cakes for me to eat in the mornings so I could have something in my stomach before I took my meds. I thought they would be something easy that my husband wouldn't have to make, just open... easy peasy lemon squeezy. But, not so much. What I didn't think about were the crumbs that are so much a part of crumb cakes! My husband had to place a paper towel between the plate and my mouth so that the crumbs didn't end up in my bra and my sutures.
My husband told me that he hoped I didn't have a whole bunch planned. That I needed to make sure I got up and walked around, so we didn't have to worry about blood clots, as the doc told us to stay off the Xarelto until Friday when he wanted to see us back. I was worried about seeing the doctor so quickly after surgery. Almost everyone else that I had read anything on said their first post-op appointment was 1 week after surgery. Hopefully, there isn't something I don't remember the doc telling me about.
I did come out of our bedroom to sit in the recliner in the family room. Again, my husband barricaded me with pillows, but this time it was due to our dogs wanting to jump onto my lap.
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