Surgery

Wed, the day before surgery my mom and her friend Lisa and my sister, brother in law and nephew all arrived to be with me the next day! I was so glad to see them. Then a vehicle drove by slowly and my sister asked who that was. I said I don't know prob. someone looking for a house. Well then the van pulled in my driveway and to my surprise it was my Aunt Linda!!!!! FROM PA!!!!! I was so surprised and so glad that she and my cousin were here!! Wed night was so much fun with all of them here! It took my mind off the next day.

Surgery was scheduled for 8:30am April 21st. We got to the hospital at 6:30am After they did the prep and IV and all that stuff my mom, sister, aunt and Bob came in to stay with me until they brought me back to surgery. I remember them telling me they were going to give me a sedative and shortly after that I remember seeing the lights in the OR and then I was out until after the surgery. It took longer than the dr. thought it would, but the dr is the perfectionist type and will get everything he can. Surgery went well and he got everything that looked bad. We won't have any results until the pathology results come back.

The first night in the hospital I didn't sleep much at all. I was in pain and just couldn't get comfortable. It was a long night. The next day was great! I had visitors all day and had a little break in the afternoon to take a nap and then more visitors! That afternoon though my IV infiltrated my arm. I was visiting and then noticed that my arm was hard as a rock and was swollen. So my nurse quickly took out that IV and attempted another one, that didn't work and had to try again. Thankfully that one worked. So I had warm packs on my arm to help it feel better.

After my dr. saw me he said I wasn't going anywhere and so I stayed another night. Good thing because the IV meds they were giving me I had an allergic reaction to!! I started itching all over and called my nurse and she gave me benadryl. Then after that she gave me morphine and then for pain I had percocet which is what I am on now for pain.

Sat I saw my dr and he said that he would see me at the end of this week and I was good to go home! I felt so much better about going home on Sat than I did on Fri. My son Robert came with my hubby to get me and bring me home. He was just so excited to see me and to bring me home. My kids missed me so much and I missed them too!! I missed the kitties too. With the leg things that helped with my circulation on my legs when they would inflate I would wake up and think my cat was on my legs!! Everyone was glad I was home!!

My mom and Lisa made Easter dinner for us, which was so yummy!! They went home early afternoon on Sunday. That afternoon, I slept and the kids played and then my mother and father in law and hubby's aunt came over to visit for a little while. It was good to see them again too.

My Aunt Catherine came today! It was so good to see her again! She is staying for the week so that Bob can work this week and he will take next week off. She played with Eli this afternoon and then Bob took her and the kids to get dinner(chinese) and show her where the kids go to school, while I snoozed! Abby is loving Auntie Catherine already!!!

I am still pretty sore and have to keep my arm elevated and rest it at least thru next week. I see my dr. on Friday and we will see if he takes my drains out then or if we have to keep them in longer. After I see him hopefully we will have the pathology reports so we know what the next step is. For now it is resting and healing from surgery.

Thank you to everyone who has prayed and helped and who was here during the surgery. I have been so so blessed with all of you in my life!! I love you all!!!