Out of Surgery

Aug 26, 2012

Well, I had my surgery Aug 22nd....my 40th birthday. 

The first person to wish me a Happy Birthday (live) was the nurse in preassessment.  She sang to me.  You'd think it would have been my husband, but sadly, no.

I almost didn't have surgery.  I woke up around 4 am the morning of my surgery with diarreah, which continued right up until about 1/2 hour before surgery.  They took blood tests for CBC white cell count and lytes, which thankfully came back okay.  They were very concerned about the diarreah though because they said if I was fighting any type of infection, my body would not be able to heal and fight the infection at the same time.

Everyone there was generally nice.  A few were even pretty funny.  I only met Dr. Penner once, briefly, just before surgery.  Turns out a student doctor ended up doing my surgery, Dr. Scott something....can't remember his last name right now.

....will write more later

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