I know you missed them.
http://web.me.com/cidstrom/Sleep_Apnea_Surgery/Day_1.html
It’s been 2 years and 2 months since my surgery. Absolutely amazing. Just looking back at these pictures it’s extraordinary where I was and where I am now. I feel like I got the gift of life… I’m not a different person. I’m still the same old Shelby. But I think I am the better non-sick version and that is something I didn’t even know was going to happen going into this. I just thought I wouldn’t look like Gonzo at night anymore.
As I write this I am at my sister’s house in Dublin (no, not Ireland) taking care of her two kids for a week…more than a week actually. I moved in on Thursday afternoon (it’s Wednesday night right now), they left Friday night, and will be home (from Belize) this coming Saturday night after midnight. In a million years I could not have imagined taking care of a 3 1/2 year old and a 15 month old for a week+ on my own…I couldn’t imagine having kids of my own would be really all that possible with how crappy my immune system was and how tired I was even on my best day.
Now, I’m not signing up for the baby wagon just yet. I think my clock is unplugged or on mute, and that’s just fine. I mean, after all, I just started sleeping. Why would I voluntarily give that benefit away so soon? I hear it takes a long time to make up sleep debt…and I have a lot of it. Sweet, sweet sleep. I owe, I owe, so off to sleep I go! However, big drawback to finding out what a good night’s rest REALLY is? Take any of that away and I am a GRUMPMEISTER! Steer clear of the modern-day sleep-deprived Shelby. Now she KNOWS it could be better…and you will PAY! 
Sleep well!
smac