Well, i survived!
I went in March 1st, Monday for the surgery and was discharged Sunday night.
My parents weren't happy about me coming home so early, but there are a HUNDRED reasons I couldn't stay there anymore! oh my!
I've been home a week, but I have been so stiff and in so MUCH PAIN, that just now i've been able to get ont he computer...
feels good to be back, but my stamina and pain level goes up and down during the day, so you'll have to bear with me in terms of keeping up with my blog.
Here are a few points of what i'd like to include with my recap of my hospital visit...
1. The surgery; went BETTER than we thought it would, a blessing i will describe...
2. ICU; wonderful care; got to hear the process of patients waking up from deep general anesthesia,
they were in the other room, so i could only 'hear' and not 'see' which was strange in itself.
3. ICU to med / surg ward...HORRIBLE transition, HORRIBLE BED, i was HELPLESS and in SO MUCH PAIN because the bed gave me HORRENDOUS spasms...
being HELPLESS was the worst for me....
4. Removing tubes; I'll recount the saddest moment of my life, they had just taken out the chest tube and not all of the fluid had drained out. i got up to pee and i swear, half of my 'body' fell out of me. I was all alone and just wanted to pee, but the fluid kept pouring out of me.
More about this later, but a humbling experience, and i think i'm already humble enough!!!!
5. The beds. I may be a 'Princess and the Pea' when it comes to hard and uncomfortable beds, but this was by far the worst. the bed itself hindered my sleeping, eating, pain control, and recovery in general. just HORRIBLE...
6. For the most part...everyone tries to help...nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, mom, dad, friends, family, all that, and the support does make a difference...
7. discharge day, it was cold, dad forgot my clothes, but the doctors said it was ok. mom and dad didn't want me to come home, but i was going nuts there (more on that later....)
8. 1st post-op visit; was in spasms for 2 days afterwards, but i think it was more the car ride than what the surgeon did (remove 2 sutures).
9. Recovery continues...trying to get back to a good routine, sleeping better, appetite coming back slowly.
10. A LONG WAY TO GO...
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