Birthday Week Recovery & Concerns

Alright so let's talk about this past week. But first I wanna get real. I found out over a week ago that my body was rejecting one of my nipple grafts. As such I went in last Friday & they had to do a debridement to remove the dead skin and reopen the wound to allow to reheal itself. I went through the week keeping this mostly to myself because 1) My birthday was a few days away & I wanted to enjoy it without any stress over this, 2) I was being hopeful that it would not be as bad & 3) I was not in pain or anything.
So I continued this past week & went on to celebrate my Bday & ushering in my 37th year surrounded by people, not really telling many people what was going on. I focused on enjoying my bday festivities and thought I'd remain positive & worry about the rest when it gets there, all the while seeing my wound get worse every day.
I wouldn't change the way I went about it in any way. I had dinner with my two best friends & friends from my football league on Sunday. On Monday I celebrated my Bday with November Project in the morning and with Lululemon Run Club in the evening, coming home and passing out in bed in between. On Tuesday I had breakfast with one of my dearest friends then met up with my metal scene and taco tuesday peoples to do a bday Taco Tuesday and on Wednesday I again was at November Project as we were joined bt FitBit Local.

This surgery was the best bday gift I ever got for myself and I was loving celebrating in a new body. I didnt care that the body was fighting against the healing. I still ran. I did burpees for the first time post surgery on Wednesday. Other than what I saw when I looked in the mirror everything was fine. But everytime I looked in the mirror though I was concerned that the possibility of losing my nipple or part of it was very real.
Fast forward to today. I headed in to the clinic for my 3 week followup knowing in my head already my situation wasnt getting any better.
As I was being examined the staff who through every step have been amazing and attentive looked at me and said the surgeon was going to have to be pulled in for another procedure.
The surgeon came in and immediately got to work on an outpatient procedure which again removed dead tissue, completely cleaned out, treated and took care of stopping the progression any further. I cant say enough good things about the staff I've had working with me.
Today I went in seeing how bad it had gotten, but I left reassured that it was taken care of and that I would not lose my nipple and I would be fine.
As I now have new sutures on that side closing the wound off, I was told that I have to stop running and any high intensity stuff for 2 weeks to ensure it heals correctly. I AM allowed to walk though.
Came home & fell asleep & just woke up still super sore.
In the words of Tori Amos though "still - pretty good year"