1 Week, 6 Days.

Mood: Content.
Thinking about: Anatomy quiz tomorrow... yikes!

This is my first post on what will hopefully be a consistent update on my progress. I hope I keep up with this, and don't lose quickly lose interest like I usually do. Oh, my silly teenage brain.. fickle as ever. I suppose since the surgery hasn't taken place yet I should articulate the details.

Quick and Easy Overview:
My surgery is called a periacetabular osteotomy. (periacetabular- around the hip socket; osteotomy- to cut through or around bone) The reason I have the pleasure of enduring this is because my right hip has acetabular dysplasia. (my socket is shaped like a plate, not a bowl.) The procedure will take approx. 5 hours and I will be in the hospital for 5 days, God willing.
(If you're interested in learning more about this, I found this website, its pretty nifty: http://hipandpelvis.com/patient_education/periace/page1.html)

The procedure is on the 18th, the second day of Winter finals. (Eww..) Most of my teachers have been very understanding about me missing school for this surgery, but I am still mad that they won't let me take some exams early. I will be finished with my Anatomy and Calculus finals, but I will be missing AP Bio, Orchestra, and AP Lit. (For personal fitness I have to write a 3-5 page paper on cardiovascular diseases, while the rest of the class gets to run a mile and do an open notes test. Unfair? I think yes.) AP Bio is going to be the most challenging, because there is no way I will be able to retain a semester of information while struggling to sit up.

Some of you may say, "Hey, that Danielle girl is being a drama-mama." Yes, I very well may be. But as of now my outlook on this surgery is grim. And do you think it sounds fun to be two weeks out of surgery and have to take a 2 hour exam? NO! It sounds like negative fun. Backwards fun. Nuf! I think that's symbolic of my sentiments for the matter. I've had eNUF!

TTFN, Ta ta for now.
Danielle