Tonsillectomy update!!

Parents:

Well, here I am in bed recovering from the craziness from the past few days.  First things first!!!  I miss your children tremendously.  They are amazing kiddos.  Mrs. Bagby is taking great care of your kids.  She is constantly asking questions, making sure she is doing everything she can for them.  I get many updates on the kiddos and I am so grateful for that.  Mrs.  Bagby brought a stack of get well cards from the kids to my house yesteray.  It was so sweet and definitely has helped me keep my spirits up through this ordeal. 

On to the fun of the recovery.  I am in a lot of pain.  It hurts a ton.  I can see why they said that I needed time off work.  I have no energy, and am on a lot of medication for pain. I have been told that I will be getting better and then on about day 5 of the recovery I will hit the wall and be worse again.  So, I cannot say the worst is over.

In the hopes of keeping your kids up to date on their learning, I have decided to only teach half days the 18th through the 22nd of October.  I did this so that I can recover faster.  The substitute will be Mrs.  Bertolina.  She is a 3rd grade teacher at Lincoln that does not work in the afternoons. 

Thank you for your kind words to me before my surgery.  It means a lot to me and is helping carry me through the recovery process.  You are all wonderful.  I look forward to seeing you when I get back to work on the 18th.

Love,

Mrs.  Polteno