I had outpatient surgery last Thursday that left me with two incisions – one on my neck and one on my chest. I took Thursday off obviously but worked from home on Friday and benefited from yesterday being a holiday. I let my boss know beforehand that I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to come in on Tuesday (today) or not, depending upon the pain, swelling, range of motion, ability to drive, ability to sit upright at a desk for 8 hours, etc.
I sent her a message this morning letting her know I’d be working from home today. My neck is still very swollen and I’m hoping another day of icing it and drinking a lot of water will help it come down now that we’re past the peak of expected swelling.
Her response? “Ok.” and let me know there are issues with Remote Desktop so I may have to use PTO or come in anyway. Never mind the fact that I have work I can do outside of the Remote Desktop program.
Really driving home the “we’re a family” vibes.