Surgery is done

Well folks,

This is Lindsay here. The surgery is done…thank goodness. Don’t mind if the email here rambles as I am still on some heavy duty drugs…

What a crappy ride this has been. I have spent most of the last week or more in the hospital on so many drugs for the pain that I can’t even remember what has happened in the last few days. Mark was talking to me about some guy that he was talking to at the hospital, but I don’t even remember that at all and I don’t even know what day it is today….

But the surgery was done yesterday evening. I was transferred to Grand river and the surgery was done at 6:00ish. I was given drugs through the Iv to fall asleep and then when I woke up I was in the recovery room. I didn’t realize that they intubated you while you were put under and woke up with the tubes still in my mouth. I started to panic as I couldn’t breath and I couldn’t talk either. They finally took the tubes out, but my throat was and is still so sore and filled with gunk that it’s still hard to breath and talk. When the surgery was done, they took me to a recovery area. First thing on the agenda was to use the washroom. I have been through so many bags of iv fluid that I was so sore from not using the washroom. Second item was to pump as I was full from the milk. Third item was to eat some JELLO!!!

Since I was doing well in the recovery room, the nurses said that it was up to me if I wanted to stay the night at the hospital or go home. I decided that there was nothing that I needed the nurses for as I have pain killers at home so I decided not to stay.

I have spent the last day and night in the lazy boy chair in the basement as i am scared to lie down in bed. I am really really sore from the surgery and when you lie down that stretches out the incisions. In the lazy boy chair I can recline a bit but not stretch out.

My dad and Lyli were nice enough to stay the day with me so that I was not alone the day after surgery. Mark had to go to work today so it was nice to have company.

I did manage to finally eat today (I have not eaten in over 2 days). But with the first bite of food, I got the hiccups…do you know how sore it is to have the hiccups after you have had surgery….Holy cow. You can’t even believe the pain….

But I have been on some Tyleonl 3 and Percocet to help with the pain.

The next thing on my agenda is to have a shower. I really really want to be clean, but am scared to shower due to the bandages and what not.

I wish that Mark could stay home with me as it’s very very hard to be without him right now. I need his support and even though I know that he is working and does give me his support, I need him with me. It’s very hard to function when you are limited in what you can do. And really after being in the hospital in such pain, I really need my husband…

well I am going to see if I can get some sleep for a bit. i have to take some meds soon, but might be able to get a few winks in between then and now.