THURSDAY-
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I made it to the hospital by 10am Thursday Morning, and my best friend and I checked in. What shocked me is... when i checked in there was no ID asked for. I'm use to the hospitals down in south FL where you have to wear a badge to be able to enter the hospital with your picture, what floor you will be on and whether or not you are a patient or visitor. We waited in the waiting room... which was comical because this was the first time i seen a telephone in the waiting room... and nurses would call patients back. It was up to random people to answer the phone... so every time the phone rang my heart dropped and my stomach jumped. Finally at 1130 they called me back to get things going. Lish was able to go back with me, which helped to calm my nerves. I changed into the lovely gown (which i got to tie up so i wasn't ass out) They got my IV started, which was painless.. and i talked with my doctor, OR nurse, anesthesiologist, and another nurse who did my vitals. They also did my EKG, and everything was A-o-K. After all that, 12pm, I walked over to the stretcher and hopped up on it... and they wheeled me away from my Lish. The operating room was cold but looked cool. I seen all the tools they were going to use. My OR nurse was very funny and so were the nurses. They had me laughing, even though i was scared to death.
Before I know it... Im waking up in recovery telling my nurse that i am nauseous! He gave me meds, but it did nothing. My doctor came by and said he will talk to me when I am more awake. What was suppose to be 45 mins, was 20... and he wheeled me to my room. Along the way we picked up my Lish from the waiting room. I was in tears because the pain was starting to kick in. I can remember Lish kissing my forehead... and I felt relieved to have her with me. When we got to the room they made me sit up so I can walk from one bed to the next. I told them I cant do it, I will throw up. So the nurse said to get a trash can. I did the dry heave about 3 times, then I did vomit some liquid. I felt a lot better though. I walked to my bed, and was in so much pain. I was in and out from that point on for about 2-3 hours. Nurses came in and out. Finally my doctor came in when I was some what conscious.
Come to find out, during surgery my left lung collapsed. He said during surgery that my oxygen levels went really low, so they stopped what they were doing to do an xray. They seen that my left lung was collapsed and then fixed the tubing to re-inflate my lung. That caused my esophagus (it took me forever to figure out how to spell that word) to be very swollen and irritated. When I would swallow my own saliva, it felt like i swallowed a rock. Due to my lung collapsing, they wanted to keep me for observation over night. GREAT. I was not thrilled with this. The nights stay was horrible. I was in a lot of pain, and very nauseous. Their meds for nauseousness SUCKS.
FRIDAY -
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The next morning, I was feeling a lot better. I was able to walk around and drink juice and water. I had to go for a X-Ray and Barium swallow. I was an emotional mess. The xray was fine, but after being told i couldnt drink anything ... knowing i had to drink that nasty barium mix i started to cry. I cried and cried... and begged them to do it standing up, I knew i couldnt lay flat on a hard bed. I know they thought i was crazy... but i couldnt help it. The mixture of drugs + pain = emotions are everywhere! I got to see my band on my stomach. That was neat. Everything looked great. I was discharged at 2pm Friday afternoon! Yes!!!
My band buddy, Ashley, we were banded on the same date and met each other during our two week pre-op diet. She has been my rock, she has definitely motivated me through all of this. While in the hospital she surprised me with sending me flowers! That was the sweetest. Lish got me a key chain angel. Once i made it home, my roommate had balloons waiting on me.
SATURDAY -
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Yesterday (2 days post op) I was feeling a lot better. I was walking a lot, playing video games with Lish, and able to go up and down stairs very well. I invited all my neighbors over for a game night, so we could all chill before Lish left today. We ordered pizza and had a few beers for them. I enjoyed my tomato soup lol. My neighbor Nicole got me a gift basket from Bath and Body works with my fav perfume, lotion, and a wallflower (Japanese cherry blossom). I enjoyed last night, but by 2am... i was beat and needed a bed. I took my shower.. and guess what?! My bandages came off from surgery. The doctor said they would come off Sunday.. so that was right on time!
SUNDAY-
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Today, I am feeling about 70% normal. I can do just about anything now... but still very sore and full of gas!!! Not very lady like. Just as long as I can get through this, I can get through anything. I got to stay focused on the end result.
I will conclude with some pictures... :)
They were very into Sonic Racing on the Wii. From Left to right:
Terrence, Patricia (up top), Lish, Nicole, and Tito.
Love em, the best neighbors ever!
Glad you are feeling better. A collapsed lung is so scary! Keep walking, that tens to help with the gas.
ReplyDeleteThank you Miss Vickie! Yes, I walk walk walk walk! I have my dogs back now, so i walk them a lot. A collasped lung is scary, it worried me. I had to do a lot of breathing exercises in the hospital.
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