The Surgery

So we arrived at the hospital right on time at 9 am. It was a breeze because I had already filled out the paperwork earlier. So we went up to Pre-Op and I got in my hot hospital gown and the nurse came over to start my IV. She was a student nurse and I wanted her to put it in my hand, but I don't think she had ever done a hand IV before!? They had to work really hard to put it in, but it was a good learning experience for her and she obviously needed someone nice to work on.

Then they scrubbed down my entire leg for TEN minutes with betadine. It was so yucky!! I was fine and joking with the nurses until they wheeled me away. Wifey jinxed me. She told me how she gets emotional when they start to put her out and what did I do?! Get emotional when they started to put me out. They pushed some drugs into my IV and it burned and then they wheeled me away from my mom and I started to cry. Then we talked about Disneyland. The last thing I remember was telling them that I had an annual pass and my anesthesiologist asked if it were the one with blackout dates or not and I said, "No, I have premium. That's the only way to roll." and BAM I was OUT.

So they woke me up in recovery, and asked how my pain was. I told them it was about a 2, just mild discomfort. They were all amazed. I could not open my eyes for like five minutes! I could talk and move my arms and legs, just not open my eyes!! When I finally did, I couldn't focus on ANYTHING. I had such bad double vision!! They finally let my mom come into the room and my BP was pretty low. I am usually low to begin with, but it was way low. Around 85/57 I think was the lowest it got. Then I started to feel sick. But they gave me anti-nausea meds and those are seriously wonderful!!

Lazzarini told me that my surgery went flawlessly. Only an hour and thirty-seven minutes. He said he wished all his patients were as easy as me. So here I go, 4 weeks on crutches. I'm seriously counting down the days. I think we're at 25 days? I'm already resenting people who can walk normally! I hate being so slow!! I'll put up pictures later :)