I Did It!
So Tuesday, January 19th was the big day. My mom picked me up at 6:45 AM and we headed to the hospital. Because of Covid, she had to drop me off at the door and I walked in alone. I was scared but I had taken an anti anxiety pill to help ease my fears a bit. They brought me right in and everything happened rather quickly. In pre op, I told the nurse about my needle phobia. She told me she would give me a local anesthetic in my arm before inserting the IV. As soon as she did that, I began to feel like I was going to puke. Or pass out. I told them so and they gave me oxygen. It passed in a few minutes and I was ok. No puking and no fainting. Score.
Both my surgeons came by to have me sign some paperwork and give me a quick pep talk.
Next the anesthesiologist came in to put in my nerve block. I think I mentioned again my fear of needles and she told me she would put something in my IV to calm me down. I felt her mark my back for where she was going to insert the needles for the block and then I don’t remember a thing! No recollection of the nerve block being placed and no recollection of being wheeled into the operating room. It’s so strange! I woke up a few hours later in recovery and it was done. (They gave me versed, which is a damn good drug! Literally no memory.)
Anyway, the surgery took around two hours which is shorter than they expected. They had given me an approximate time of 3.5 hours.
When I woke up in recovery, I knew my nurse! Hi Allie! Small freaking world. My mom and her both worked at Norwood Hospital together but it flooded in June and she was out of a job so she had gotten a new job at Newton Wellesley. She had actually texted me good luck the night before for my surgery but didn’t realize I was having it at NWH. So we were both a little surprised. Fun fact about me and Allie. In July of 2019, we swapped houses. I bought hers and she bought mine. It was really great to have a familiar face with me in recovery!
My mom came to pick me up around 4:15 and we were on our way. I went back to her place to rest and recover in peace and quiet. I love my boys but they are far from quiet. I knew I needed a chance to give my body some real quiet time to recover. My mom has a bed that is split down the middle and each side can be adjusted. So I was able to sleep propped up and she was able to sleep flat next to me. It was nice to have her there to open all my pill bottles and get me water refills, as needed. I even had some meals in bed. It was nice to have quality time with her. I stayed just shy of a week. We watched a lot of tv.
Love Fraud-Documentary
Run-Movie
Season 1 of Flack
First two episodes of current season of Married at First Sight
Hillbilly Elegy-Movie
Caitea & Paul episode of Catfish
Marriage Story-movie
That’s more screen time I have had in a loooooong time! But it was so great to relax.
And now I’m back home. The doctor took out two of my drains yesterday and my mom brought me home. The dog is currently barking her head off and I miss the quiet of my mom’s house. But it was so good to be reunited with my babies!
Love and foobies,
Allison
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(Foobs are fake boobs. I now have foobs!)