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Hello! I am home from the hospital and sooooooo happy to report that everything is way better than what I was expecting. For once, though, this post will be very short. It’s difficult (and frustrating) to type with only one hand! I was terrified when I got to the hospital… there was a lot of time spent just sitting around in a hospital bed, filling out forms, and getting prep stuff done. As I promised, I had written “do not cut” on my right arm… but it turns out that’s actually bad. In today’s surgical protocol, they write stuff on …

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There is just never enough time in the day, is there? On Friday night, I went to bed at the gloriously early hour of 8pm and slept for 11 hours… I so needed that! I can’t remember the last time I caught up on sleep with that many hours in a row. (And it was a sound, deep sleep, too.) No, you can’t make up for long-term sleep debt, but research shows that it does help if you catch up within a few days of your sleepless nights. And, because I went to bed so early, I was able to …

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