Surgery Today August 25th,2011

Aug 24, 2011

Thank you Lord for this opprtunity and it would'nt be possible without you. You are the creator of all. Alpha and Omega,the begining and the end. You are the creator of me and you made me like your image. Lord, I ask you to continue to wrap your loving arms around me daily. I could never repay you for the many blessings that you have allowed me to see. I thank you for dying for me so that I may be saved. I thank you for giving me wisdom to know that you are God. Angels bow before the and heaven and earth adore thee. Just another day, that the Lord has kept me. Amen.

So, I arrive at the hospital at 5:50 am with my blouse on and a pair of comfy dress shorts and sneakers. I went upstairs and gave my name and info. I was then given a id hospital bracelet for my wrist and a pager. I waited for about 15 minutes and then buzzz, my pager goes off. I go to the dude that was at registration and a couple of other people that was paged for other types surgeries. We were called by name and given our notebook passport to surgery to take to the second floor. I was asked to go to pre op room number 11. I was greated by a nurse about 5 minutes later and gave some information and was asked to changed my clothes. I went to the bathroom first and went back to my dwelling number 11 and got nekid.

My bf sent me a text a told me that she was getting to hospital and will be there shortly. I was greated by the anastesia guy(i know it's wrong), the nurse again and another doctor. I was asked alot of questions that I had to repeat from time to time and confirm info that I had previously given during the phone registration from a couple of weeks ago.

In walks Doc. Lee,She said hello and I'm cheesing Hi, Dr. Lee, she said you ready and I said yes. About 5 minutes later,my bf pokes her head around the corner...we hugged each other and the jokes began. We are 2 silly gals when we are together. Dr. Lee looked over my surgery passport notebook and closed it up and said I'll see you shortly.

The resident that gave me my iv was a tad rough. He said don't fight me, and I continued to squueze to bed rail and finally he was through. My friend and I was talking to one another and then a couple of jokes from her and I was giving something in my iv. The team said okay, and took the braks off the bed and started to wheel me off and my friend gave me a little shove and I tried to hit her back and could'nt reach her and we both laughed. This is no lie....I remember rolling down the hall going past a nurse station or somebody's station and then.......NOTHING!

The next thing I remember is seeing my friend's face and I think she said something to me but I'm not sure and I felt people pulling on me. What the hellman's mayo did they put in that IV??? I was trying to make myself remember that absent time frame but I can't. I do remember the Doc telling me that she gives s drug in the iv that causes temporary insomia...AND HOW!

Stay tuned for the rest later on......Later on that afternoon.
 I remember the tech coming into my room and taking my vitals. Dr. Lee came in and told me that she did'nt have to do open and that she performed the laproscopic as planned and that was liver WAS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE,NO FATTY DEPOSITS ANYWHERE. She told me to get some rest and the following day the nurse will be around to get me up and walking an nothing to drink until Saturday and that I have a catheter in place that would be removed Friday. I was sooo out of it I did'nt want anything to drink nor did I want any company,I just wanted to sleep.  Iremeber telling my nurse that I had to poop but she said I have'nt had anything on my stomach and that it was gas and fluids from the iv and etc. I knew I had to poop. Well, I did'nt. ha! I sat up a bit and looked out the window and then went to sleep again. They gave me a morphine pump that I was not happy about using because I know people can get hooked even if it's from the doctor's order. I wanted no part of it. After a while, the next shift rolled in and I had a nurse and she told me to press the pump before i had pain and it would go away and relax me. I said, I am going to press it a couple of times as needed. I think I pressed that button about 4 times and no more. That was actually through the night ans I started to hurt. I asked the lord to keep his arms around me and give me rest.

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