actually, i know i was there because there are pictures to prove it and Pat told me the girls in recovery were very nice and I would have had a ball with them but I just can't recall having any discussions with them...I also know Dr. Hottie stopped by and told me all about myself but I have no memory of any of that at all.....Dr. Happy Hour took care of that for me! (Love that man). There was one bit of info that Pat shared with me after I published this part of the blog....it seems that when Dr Hottie came by to see me, I called him Dr. Hottie or maybe I 'gggrrrrrrr'd at him as he went by and the Recovery chicks told me I better watch out because MRS. Doctor Hottie worked there at Kernan and she might get wind of me appreciating the eye candy.....
(Editor's Note-there will be no pictures of this section because the guy in charge of taking the camera home, forgot to bring it back on Tuesday morning for further documentation...way to go Moe aka Pat)
I got rolled to my room and I remember someone asking if I was watching 'Dancing with the Stars' because the finale was on t.v. So, I drifted in and out of conciousness for the evening and woke up to Craig Ferguson at about 1 a.m....lots of prodding and poking and vitals being taken...... all night long...
Breakfast call came about 8 and the nurse assistant cut up french toast for me...I took a bite and it nearly made me hurl....sweet food after being in a coma and on good drugs, not good!! Note to staff - YUK. Nurse brought me some Zofran and I hit the pain pump a couple of times and passed back out. Shortly after that the occupational therapist Hi came by for a visit. She brought me a really cool bendy sponge so I can scrub my own back and left armpit without moving my right arm...yeah! Those of you who have never had impinged movement don't/won't understand but anyone that has, Wahoo, Wahoo!! But she wanted me to get up and walk to the bathroom (I was still hooked up to the catheter) and she wanted to show me how to dress and brush my teeth....I didn't tell her it was my third surgery. She was so intent on sharing all these really good bits of info, I didn't want to hurt her feelings....but she tried to make me stand up and the nausea hit me again....so back to the bed and the PCA pump again....to make matters even better, we were weening me off the PCA so I was getting Percocets my mouth too....getting ready to bail.
Lunch arrived and it was pork and cabbage with potatoes...URGH....another meal skipped. Oh wait, I had some salad, so the nurse was happier. I dozed and talked to Pat and Dr. Hottie came by after his office hours in College Park. He reviewed all the stuff he did and the culture for infection had come back from the instant test, clean! Good news. I was instructed to come to the office for my 1st post op next Tuesday, May 26. I finally got sprung at about 6:30, got dressed and headed for home! I was feeling well enough tp get into my pjs and right into bed. Ah, my Tempurpedic bed.....have I mentioned it is the best money I have ever spent?????
A diet coke, some Percocet and off to la-la land.......That pretty much covers the whole first week at home....Lots of rest, lots of drugs.... We have had some very nice meals dropped off to us by the families from the 8th Grade Class at Saint Mary's. The school has really been a big help all three surgeries and I don't know how we would have managed without them. All that will catch me up to the first post-op appointment which will be on the next entry. XOXOXOX - AL
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