Surgerys are yucky

Flowers from Steve and the cute cow plant is from my ma and pa.

Do you love my pretty purple gown? I have booties to match!

Finally back home from SL Regional.  Yesterday was very long and is now quite painful. I told Steve that if I ever start talking about getting any type of surgery, elective surgery etc, to remind me of the pain. I truly don't think it is worth the pain. Unfortunately this was not elective so i didn't have a choice.  Get the surgery or keep getting sick.

I scheduled my cholecystectomy at Salt Lake Regional, downtown Salt Lake for a reason, that being I wouldn't know anybody.  Since I work at Pioneer Valley Hospital and I am in school with people that work at Pioneer Valley, Jordan Valley Med Ctr and SL Regional, I thought I was safe going all the way downtown to have this done so I wouldn't run into anybody I know.  Not two minutes after registering, we were walking to the pre-op room when one of my fellow classmates walked around the corner.  Dang it! There are only 2 people in my nursing class that works at SL Regional and of course as luck would have it, he was working, and to top it off, he was the one that started my IV and did my blood work.  Oh well, so much for not having anybody see me.

All in all the surgery went well, although as much as I like being in the hospital, I would rather be working and not be the patient.  I enjoy anesthesia until it comes time to wake up.  I don't do well with that part.  It makes me sick. I felt really bad because I was the last patient of the day and I was holding my nurse up from going home, I couldn't pee, one of the requirements before release, and I kept getting dizzy and nauseated.  Finally 8 hours after being admitted we were able to go home.  I must say though, that hospital was great! Every single person I talked with was extremely nice and happy.  It makes me realize how important being nice to the patients in my own job is.

So, I have three little incisions, 2 up under my right chestal area and a nice big one on my belly button.  The surgeon said he would fix my herniated belly button and he said he would try to take away one of the big wrinkles around it.  He asked me before going in where that wrinkle came from and I said birthing 4 babies.  It use to be a stretch mark but is now so squished up it looks like a big wrinkle. Uuugllly! I can't tell yet if it looks better, things are still really swollen.  Just keeping my fingers crossed.

My family has been really great. Steve is being so attentive and asking me all of the time if there is anything I need etc. he even brought me flowers.  My kids are doing the same. Megan texted me and asked me what kind of Baskin Robbins icecream I wanted. So thoughtful! I love them! They are great.  My neighbors are really awesome too.  Dinner tonight and dinner tomorrow night.  And friends have been texting and calling to see how I am. Thank you!