Surgery DONE!

Sorry for the delayed update, my iPad has been very uncooperative the last few days...

The morning of surgery we got a phone call asking if we could come in early since they had a cancellation. (some gal forgot her CPAP machine at home and lived 3 hours away). Within a 1/2 hour of arriving at the surgical center I was walking back to the OR! I felt a little teary, mostly just nerves. Then it was off to sleepy land.

I woke up groggy but feeling better than I had expected. The worst of the pain was in my diaphram, felt similar to major indigestion. They brought my husband back and had me get up for my first walk. I had to get in 4 10-minute walks and drink 3 bottles of water before I could go home the next morning. Keeping up with drinking was the hardest part because I didn't feel thirsty. The walking was easy, thank goodness!  They kept me loaded up with anti-nausea meds so no throwing up this time. (The nurse remembered me as "the one who threw up on your Birkenstocks")

The rest of the afternoon was pretty uneventful. My husband stayed with me and a friend came to visit. I had to have oxygen on the whole time I was at the surgical center because my levels kept dropping too low (normal for me after surgery) My biggest problem then, and now 3 days later, is that I can't sleep. The night of surgery everyone had to leave around 8 and I put a movie on the iPad thinking I would doze off. No such luck. My excitement of the night came toward the end of movie #2 when I noticed my side felt wet. I looked down and my pajamas, the pillow and the sheets were all covered in blood. My IV had pulled out and was draining all over me. Kindof gross, but added a little adventure to the evening! After getting all cleaned up I watched movie #3. My husband came to get me at 7am, I went for an x-ray to make sure nothing was leaking, everything looked good so they let me escape.

My mother-in-law stayed with me at home the first couple days so my husband could go in to work. It was nice to have the company and have someone in the house when I took a shower, etc. I picked up a nasty cough but my asthma inhaler seems to be getting a handle on that. Last night the kids came over for Halloween, I love seeing them in their costumes every year. My daughter passed out candy while I was lazy on the couch. Today was the first day I actually slept and it felt so good! Our grandaughter is sleeping over tonight and keeping grandpa busy.  

Tomorrow I move on from a clear liquid diet to a full liquid diet, will be nice to have something other than broth, tea and water, something with flavor! I'm stopping pain meds tomorrow also, haven't needed nausea meds since Thursday night. Overall, the surgical part has been way easier than I expected. I feel really good and consider that a sign that I made the right decision.