Im home

Mar 27, 2010

Well, I am now a bandster and I am home.
I feel really good.
My experience at the hospital.............Well, I got there at 8:00 am and my surgery was scheduled for 10:45.  The pre-op people were AWESOME!!!!  They were always coming in checking on me, letting me know if my surgery was going to be delayed, or just coming in to say HI.
I wasn't actually taken back for surgery until  a little after 12:30.    When I came out, I was tired as hell........and I do mean tired as hell.   I just wanted to sleep, but I had to go down and drink that nasty nasty nasty tasting stuff that you have to drink for them to X-ray you.......Yuck!!!!!!!!    Did I say Yuck, I meant YUCK!!!!!!     I heaved on the way to the Xray room and let up a bunch of air and haven't heaved yet, Thank God cuz that hurt like HELL!!!
So, I got my Xray and a little while later, the nurse came back in and said that I can start drinking and brought me in a few drinks.
I drank a little bit and slept, woke up, peed, drank a little more, went for a walk, drank a little more, slept, drank and peed the rest of the night.
I never took the morphine cuz I really didn't feel the pain was all that bad. They made me take a pain pill (yes, MADE me) that night cuz they wanted to see if I could tolerate it going down my stomach.............no problem there.
The nurses kept coming in and asking me if I wanted to go home................DUH!!  Who am I to say NO.  So I got dressed around 5:00, had them take the IV out and waited for my paper work.
Well, I didn't see anyone for a while, so I took another wonderful nap........right around 7:00 (shift change) the nurse came back in and said..........we will get your paperwork taken care of and get you out of here..............Well, hurry the hell up already!!!!!
BUT WAIT THERES MORE!!!!
After Shift change, in came the attending Dr and said, why are you in regular clothes?  Well, the nurses earlier said you were going to release me...............OH, REALLY????  Well, let me call Dr Averbach and see what he says..........................LMAO!!!!
Well, after talking to Dr A, they all decided I should stay because I wasn't drinking enough and the nurses "forgot" to give me a bowl to pee in so they could check my output............Plus he was concerned that I hadn't had ANYTHING for pain yet (this is where they made me take the pain pill)........So, OK, I'm all hunkered down for the full night stay.
I slept, walked, drank, peed the rest of the night and woke up around 5:00am and started bothering the nurses as to when the Dr's make their rounds and can send me home.
Well, they came around 6:20 - all 7 of them........LOL
They got all their stuff done and signed and I was finally on my way out of there around 9:00.........YIPPEEEEEE!!!!
The drive home was kind of tough........the bumps, turns, the stops, but my hubby did the best he could at avoiding any and all bumps for me.......I don't know what I would have done without him through this ordeal..............He is the best.
So, now this is day 2 after surgery and I have had my shower - feel like a human being again.
I have taken a walk through the yard, walked the house, drank a few protein drinks, some chicken broth, lots of water and now I have....................the gurgle effect in my belly..................I'm waiting to explode!!!  LOL
I have released a LOT of gas already, but apparently there is a LOT more in there, so I am staying close to a bathroom and away from people, if ya get my drift????
Enough for today.
nap time!!!

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