Surgery Day!!!

I arrived at Lahey Clinc at 5:30 this morning and waiting 15 minutes before checking in. Once check in my husband I proceded to the Ambulatary Room where we signed in again. A nurse came out and took me to change into a Johnny and had me put my belonging in a bright pink bag which then she gave to my husband for safe keeping.

After that, we headed into a room which had about 10 beds I would say. They were filled with people all having different kinds of surgeries. Then one by one the nurse, anesthiologist and my surgon Dr. Sillin all came in to ask me tons of questions, pretty much all the same. Anesthesia started my IV at that time and gave me what I like to call "Happy Juice" lol Actually its just a med to calm you down. ThankfullyI was already calm so the H-Juice just added to it, I was a bit gigley after getting it honestly. =)

I do remember being wheeled into the operating room, although not in great detail because the Happy Juice had a bit of an amnesia effect. I remember them moving me 0nto the operating table.....then they strapped me in, put an oxygen mask on my face an the anestisiogist said ok you are going to go to sleep now, I said "Goodnight", and he injected it into my IV.

I woke up in recovery and spent 3 hours there ( I was only suppse to be there 1 hour but they had a rough time finding a room. Finally at 1:30 I got my own room, and I have just been sleeping on and off all day. I've gotten a lot of pain meds, my port incision is killing me and I as in tears when they wanted me to roll over to listen to my lungs. I finally did get up to pee and it felt like I had a load of bricks attached to my stomach - what a heavy feelings.

The good things are, there is a computer in my room so I cam lay in bed and blog, and that I am not hungry. I've taken 2 sips of broth and 1 bite of jello and I don' want anything t eat. Ok all well I am going to try and get some shut eye, thanks for all your prayer and good wishes!!!