Willowbeez
Twas The Night Before Surgery
Apr 23, 2013
... and the cold I had caught 2 days before finally moved into my chest, it was 3:00 am. I didn't sleep a wink from that point forward. I was hacking, I couldn't take a sip of water, couldn't take any medicine to break it up. My chest was tight and sore. I stayed awake as the clock ticked closer to my alarm setting. I'm not going to kid you - the thought of having surgery when I was that sick was freaking me the hell out. When my alarm finally went off I got up and got ready to go to the hospital.
When I got there, I checked in and they came to get me for the surgery ward. I mentioned I was sick to everyone! Every nurse, every doctor hell I think I told the janitor. As long as I didn't have a fever and my lungs were clear they would proceed. Finally the head anesthesiologist orders a respiratory specialist to come hear my chest as they had all thought it sounded pretty clear. When the resp specialist came she made me cough (something no one else had asked me to do) and she said she heard a rattle. She then proceeded to give me some breathing treatment which made my fingers tingle, my arms numb and I shook like crazy. But that crap was the bomb because the tightness in my chest was gone and I could hock up what I could feel in my lungs. I'm not going to get too descriptive but lets just say when the doctor saw it she said "NO GO" and my surgery was canceled like that.
I really wanted to have this surgery. I had planned for it, scheduled for it had others change their routines to accommodate me and now it was going to be postponed. But the truth is... I was afraid they WOULD do the surgery. The thought of sneezing, coughing, plugged nose and congested chest during recovery was nothing short of terrifying. This is an elective surgery and like all surgeries it has risks. My risks increased exponentially the moment I caught a cold and even more when it moved to my chest. I was more than glad to walk away and wait! So I'm not sleeved, I'm not really healthy and I feel like crap but it's all good. I'll wait my turn - it just wasn't my day!
