This time went I go in I am more prepared fore what is going to happen. It's all happening exactly the same as it did before. My nerves are a little less because I am prepared.
It's the morning of the surgery and I am to be at the hospital at 0800, I go in and I am getting ready in the pre-opp room. Everyone is doing what they need to get me ready. The only slight difference this time around is the anesthesiologist is different than the time before. Well because of this I am being given other medications while I am still awake. I am getting my antibiotics started prior to surgery rather than during.
I finally get taken back for my surgery which is scheduled at 1030am. Same as before it's a long cold ride back to the OR, there is no other feeling like the one when your being taken back to an OR to go under and trust other people to take care of you in every sense of the word and trust them to bring you out of this. No matter how minor or major the surgery it's still the fear of having the trust for those Doctors and Nurses that are in there with you. And I have to trust them.
I hear Dr. Kamelle enter the room, he came over to my side and grabbed my hand. He told me that he wants to find out right away what we are dealing with and would be rushing the labs and hopefully would have something back by the following Monday. After that it was time to go under and the mask was on my face.
The next thing that I remember is being woken up, but it was different this time. This time the tube was still in and could breath, I felt like I was choking. I felt like I was going to die. The Anesthesiologist wouldn't take the tube out till I could take a breath in on my own. But I couldn't do that because I felt like I needed to cough I felt like I was choking. This was the scariest thing that I have ever gone threw. I felt helpless. I couldn't do anything. And that scared me more than anything else in the world.
After the tube was removed I was placed on the other bed and taken to the recovery room. Same as last time I was in there for about an hour. Then taken back to the Same Day Surgery room. Where I stayed for a few hours before I was allowed to go home. My sister Amanda stayed with me all day long.
After my surgery Dr. Kamelle went out to talk to her and explained that he was very concerned about what he removed and that he was rushing the labs. This only confirmed it in my head that things weren't okay.
I went home and rested for 6 days before returning to work this time. I knew from last time that I needed more than I had before.
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