The Next Day (Thursday)

I am going through more tissue today than I have in years. I've been changing out the bandage covering my nose every few hours. Over night, I lost all of my ability to breathe out of my nose. Along with that I can't taste or smell anything. Although I'm not struggling to eat anything, I don't have much of an appetite. What seems to be worse is my throat. My uvula, the flap of skin in the back of the mouth, is extremely large and looks to be coated in a gray substance. I looked it up online and this seems to be a pretty normal reaction to the breathing tube. It hurts like hell though to swallow. What makes things more difficult is the fact that the uvula is so long that it touches my tongue. This makes me want to gag, even when just drinking water.

I've been sleeping in this chair on and off all day. I've found that sleeping to one side is easier because it keeps the uvula out of the middle of my throat. I've been drinking lots of water to try and calm it down and get it back to it's normal size. The internet says that Ibuprofen would help the uvula but I can't take any because it's a blood thinner.

I've also pretty much lost my voice. It's not all gone but it hurts to talk and doesn't seem worth it. I feel pretty demanding because it's such a pain to get in and out of this chair. I was able to take a nice warm bath, which felt good. Applying an ice pack to the nose caused a bit of pain because getting it to fit right without too much pressure is difficult.

I slept in the same chair again and woke up to throw up very dried blood. It seems that the amount of blood I am having out my nose and down my throat is decreasing.