Recovery.

If a simple shower was enough to make me feel elated a few weeks ago as proof of recovery, imagine my pleasure at being able to walk for minutes on end without falling apart like I did a few days out of the hospital.

In the last week, I've put some mileage on my legs that would have been impossible just days before.

Still not sleeping as well or as long as I'd like, still kind of tired, but much much much better than I felt last week. I'd say I'm about 70% of where I was before the torn aorta...still not recovered enough to go back to work, and I couldn't go back anyway without a doctor's note.