Surgery day

TODAY I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS. EXCITED, NERVOUS, ANTICIPATION, AND YET CALM. THE ONLY THING I WORRIED ABOUT WAS GEORGE. :confused:

THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS STRESS-FREE. I DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE IV OR THE OPERATION. I JUST WORRIED ABOUT GEORGE. YEP GEORGE CAME. AND IT WAS THE SECOND DAY! THEY HAD ME WEDGE A PAD BETWEEN MY LEGS AND I HAD TO MANEUVER AROUND ENSURING THAT IT DIDN'T FALL. DR. WEBB, THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST WAS GREAT HE MOSTLY TALKED ABOUT CARS WITH SAUL. DONNA THE NURSE WAS VERY ENCOURAGING.

ONCE I GOT ON THE OPERATION TABLE, I WAS OUT AND LATER WOKE UP IN RECOVERY. DEE WAS BESIDE ME ALTHOUGH I COULDN'T SEE HER. SHE SEEMED TO BE DOING WELL. WHEN I WOKE UP, I HAD TO PEE REALLY BAD. SO DONNA HELPED ME TO BATHROOM AND TOLD ME TO GET DRESSED. WOW - REALLY?? OK.

SO NOW I'M SITTING IN A RECLINER AND DONNA HANDS ME A CUP TO DRINK - SLOWLY! I'M THRISTY - EXTREMELY DRY! AND SHE WANTS ME TO TAKE TINY SIPS - OK, BUT GUESS WHAT, IT STAYED DOWN. NO PAIN, NO NAUSEA, NO DISCOMFORT. I CONTINUED TO NURSE THIS LUKE WARM WATER FOR THE NEXT HOUR. DONNA ALSO GAVE ME THIS AIR-CYLINDER GAME TO BREATHE INTO. BREATHING IN HURT, LIKE A SOME-SOME. BUT SHE SAID THAT WAS THE CO2 AND IT WAS NORMAL. SHE WAS SENDING ME HOME IN THE NEXT HOUR. MR SAUL SHOWED UP. HE SEEMED TO BE HAPPY - PLUS WE RENTED THE HOUSE. :thumbup:

I WAS SLEEPING THE REST OF THE DAY. KEPT UP WITH THE HYDROCODONE. ALOT OF PAIN IN THE CHEST AND SHOLDER FROM THE CO2 BUT I WASN'T HUNGRY.