I Survived!

I'm a little dizzy so if I have some typos and grammar problems, we can blame it on that!

I cried when I read all of your lovely comments. I felt your prayers and well wishes in my behalf. The Lord has blessed me with wonderful friends and a fantastic family! I certainly am loved. With wonderful friends like you, who could fail?

Let see if I can remember everything yesterday! We arrived at the hospital at 6:30 a.m. and they began the lab work. Lot of blood drawn. The little gal couldn't find a good vein and was having a hard time getting it to stick and I got a little dizzy so had to lay down. Finally she found a good vein in my wrist. Geez Louise ... that hurt! It felt like she was shoving a rusty nail in my wrist. I met with my assistant surgeon and reminded him that he took out my gall bladder 30 years ago and we had a good laugh. The anethesiologist whisked me into the operating room singing Cat Stevens to me. The next thing he said was night night and the next thing I knew I was waking up in the recovery room. That's the wierdest feeling trying to come out of that great, deep sleep! I was surprised that I didn't hurt. I guess I was sedated really well.

Then they whisked me to my spacious room. They call it a suite. It's nice. Wooden floors, big chairs, big couches, and big gowns. They gave me an intravenious pump ... a Hybrid Morphine. I kept telling them I was allergic to morphine and codeine but they said this was different and it should be fine. I had a pretty rough day yesterday. A lot of pain and mega dizziness. I would get the dry heaves when I would try to lift my head from side to side. They gave me something for that and it helped, but everytime I would press the pump for more pain medication I would get sick again. Finally at 3:00 this morning I stopped all pain meds and just toughed it out. I spoke with my surgeon at 4:00 this morning.. He was making rounds at that time of the morning. Amazing! He was surprised that the medication was making me sick. He ordered some liquid Lortab which takes the edge off the pain but still makes me dizzy. I'm sure I'll be feeling much better tomorrow.

I'm going home around 6:00 p.m. I can't wait. Last night was comical. Between the CNA and the Nurse they were coming into my room every hour. The nurse was very nice and very caring. The CNA needs a little bit of growing up. I told her that I was really dizzy and weak and needed some help to the bathroom. She proceeded to pick up myIV tubes and walk into the bathroom without helping me.. I told her that she better catch me if I faint. she told me that she doesn't catch anyone or even try breaking their fall. Then she proceeded to leave me and go sit down on my couch because she said she had eaten too much and she was full! Oh, it gets better. Another time I unhooked all of my cords because she wouldn't come to help me to the bathroom, took myself and was sitting on the john. She said that she would come back to help me and hook me up. I finally got tired of waiting so took myself back to bed and left everything unhooked. She returned in an hour!

I got to have my first real food since Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. Chicken broth and sugar free jello. One ounce of each. I don't think anything has ever tasted so good!

Well, it's time for some more pain meds and I need to lay my bed back. I'm sure I'll feel better tomorrow.

Love to you all!