Surgery Story Part 1

Thursday, 30 October 2008

Well I survived the surgery. I went to the hospital at 6:30am on Thursday, and the surgery started at 8:00am. There were a few hiccups along the way but nothing to devastating. Everyone in the prepping area was really nice, but after 2 nurses & 3 needle holes later, the IV still wasn’t in but the anaesthetic had no problems. As the porters were wheeling me to the operating room, it was just like a scene in a horror movie. We went into the section with all the operating rooms and we kept passing rooms with patients waiting outside, then we past more rooms, and a few more patients but then we turned down a long hallway, with only one operating room and there was no more people in the hallways….creepy. One of the porters was a very nice lady that wished me all the best and asked to give me a hug before going into surgery.After going in the operating room, the anaesthetic played connect the dots on my back to mark the areas to receive the spinal blockers (something like an epidural to reduce the amount of pain), after that I had a good sleep and woke up around 1:30. The surgery itself took about 4 hours. After waking up, I was transferred to my room…in a ward…I was not happy about that!! But what can you do. Dan was there when I woke up and stayed with me for the majority of the time. He has been wonderful throughout this entire ordeal and I’m so thankful for him.Over the rest of the day & night, I progressed with my movements and made sure that the pain killers where taking right on time. I tracked my progress but how much easier it got to go pee. I was released from the hospital around 1:30 on Friday. I have 3 drains in me (looks like Christmas tree bulbs) that have to be emptied a couple times a day and the home care nurse has been here twice to administer the good drugs.I’ll write more later.