I'm just a working happily married mother of two just trying to raise my kids right and make it through this thing called life.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Surgery update
Ok so yesterday I arrived for surgery. We got here at 8:18 and I was called back pretty quick. First just Chris came with me, then my mom showed up later. My friend Melissa showed up too, you are only allowed 2 visitors in preop but since everyone in OR knows her they let her stay. Then there was my mom and dad, then Anne and Kaylee and my brother. They all kept me entertained through the paperwork, IV, lab work process. Then the CRNA gave me some versed before going into surgery and apparently I told Chris "what if the zombies come while I'm under and I wake up like to rick in walking dead" or something to that affect. I remember them wheeling me down the hallway and I said I can tell we are close because the temp just dropped 10 degrees, I remember the nurse giving me warm blankets and Dr Carter tell me take deep breaths of the gas. The next thing I remember is waking up hurting in post op and the male nurse giving me dilaudid and me pushing my pain pump. I remember going to my room and having them to pull me over (I'm not even sure scooting was in option lol but I remember saying I could do it but it probably wasn't a good idea). I remember telling my family to hush cause I was trying to sleep. I remember getting onto Zeke for not hushing it. I remember falling into deep sleeps and stopping breathing but making myself breath again so thru connected me to a pulse ox and lowered my pain pump dose. Not too long after that I started to finally become more lucid. I'm awake right now because my anesthesia has wore off so I'm awake. I'm hurting too. I'm ready for them to up my dose again. And that's about it. For me I feel like the worse part is over, the scariest part for me is over and it's time to start rebuilding. Apparently Dr Kendrick knows me well because he has already told all of my family and nursing staff to make sure I take it easy. I might get to sit in a chair today but I probably won't get to walk :(. Anything the who, I'll keep y'all posted. Pain meds starting to kick in....
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