Surgery

Well I survived! Woohoo! I wasn't too nervous going in for this surgery. I think just curious and kinda worried about how long I'd be away from home and the kids. I was more concerned about them. I had to be there at 5:45am. They changed it from 5:30am to 6 but they didn't give me enough warning about doing labs so they called after 4pm Monday which was after I had already had my magnesium citrate. So yeah, I was not going to leave the house. So I had to show up 15 min earlier so they could do my labs asap the next morning. I didn't sleep much the night before. I was up until like 11 or so and on and off from my "cleansing." The magnesium citrate really wasn't too bad. Drinking it was THE WORST! I don't mind soda. I don't drink it often. If I do I hardly can finish a can. The carbonation makes me sick. Well it just so happens this stuff is carbonated. SICK! I was seriously trying to keep from puking the whole time I drank it. I wanted to throw up like I've never thrown up before. It was like sour and too sweet all at the same time. And they want you to drink 8 oz of water with it too. I felt like my stomach was going to pop. It was awful. That was the worst part of that whole experience for me. Just drinking it. I was laying on the bed, trying to ignore the kids and not feel like I was dying. The whole cleaning out my system wasn't too bad. But I should have taken it earlier. I was still feeling the effects of it the next morning at the hospital. I had to make one last pit stop before going to pre-op. Bleh. Fun stuff.

Once I showed up they did my labs really quick. I love a quick blood draw. So much easier for me and my tiny veins. I went to the waiting room and the lady that took me to pre-op was hilarious! She told Scott and I we looked too young to be married then when she asked about kids and we told her we had two she about died. She was like, "There is no way you have two kids! You must just be out of high school!" Right lady! Try 10 yrs out of high school! Guess we still look pretty young!

Pre-op was different from last time. Scott got to be there with me. They have the coolest gowns ever now. Its this paper thing with velcro and it has these holes where they hook up hoses to you so they can keep you warm in your bed and in the operating room. Seriously?! Amazing! I had no idea they did that stuff now. A lot has changed in 5 years! So I got into my crazy gown. They put my compression things on my legs for during surgery. Got my iv in. The nurse was awesome and was able to find a vein fairly easily. Went over my health history. The lady that was doing anesthesia just so happened to be the lady that did my epidural with Jackson. Fancy that. She was awesome then and was awesome again. I told her I got really nauseous coming out of anesthesia so they put an anti nausea patch behind my ear that would last 72 hrs and would hopefully help combat that. She did tell me something interesting. She said that there is a drug that she normally would use to help with the nausea but I guess there is a shortage in the country so the hospital has very limited doses and they would not let her use that so she'd try a bunch of different stuff to keep me from getting sick. So weird. She checked my throat to make sure there wouldn't be complications getting the tubes down my throat to help me breath during surgery. We got my heart monitor dot things stuck all over me (and this time they didn't leave sticky stuff behind! Hate that!). My doctor came by to say hi and just go over stuff really quick. He even gave me a hug. He's seriously the best doctor. If he ever moves out of Tooele I'll go crazy. He's so knowledgeable and I just really trust him.

Last time I was totally out before they even moved me from pre-op. This time Scott walked out and was able to give me a kiss before. He wasn't there for pre-op at all last time. They had given me some kind of relaxing stuff right before they moved me and it started to take affect quick. I did get to actually see the operating room this time. I could see people getting stuff ready and the last thing I remember is them putting the mask over me and then I was out.

I felt like I was barely out. I could hear Scott and I could hear a nurse talking to me asking me if I felt sick. Which I did because I always do without fail. Anesthesia and my body do not get along. I get so sick from the stuff. They were shooting all kinds of stuff in me. Trying to lean me back and sit me up. Sniffing alcohol wipes seemed to help a bit too. I just felt super tired. I was able to communicate a bit easier this time but still just had a hard time keeping my eyes open. So I tried to "sleep" it off. I couldn't really sleep because I could hear everything around me but the effects of the anesthesia kept wearing off. One bad part of the anti-nausea patch was dry mouth. BAD dry mouth. I was so thirsty. Once I was more awake and sipping water we tried some saltines. I couldn't even swallow them. My mouth produced zero saliva. I had to drink it down with water. It was like that for like a day. I had a hard time eating drier foods. Do not attempt string cheese. That was bad too. I almost choked on it. Once I started coming out of it Scott walked me to the bathroom. I was pretty dizzy and still feeling nauseous but I had to pee. After that things came a little easier. I just kept drinking water and was about ready to go home around 11:30.

Scott filled me in on the surgery. I was too out of it to comprehend it earlier. He said he was surprised because the doctor came out around 8am or so and Scott was shocked because it took like 4 hours before he heard anything last time. Vered told him all it was was scar tissue. 5cm worth! So he removed it and I should be fine. He had appts that morning so he gave Scott my instructions. He said I could do post-op at 4 weeks and I guess he wants to do an ultrasound at 4 months. I'll find out more about that at my post-op appt. He showed me the pictures he took. I can't really tell what is what so it'll be interesting to have it all pointed out. He has pictures of my ovary. He didn't remove it. Phew! He said it looked a little enlarged but still normal. Looking back I wonder if it had something to do with my period because two days after surgery I started. So that could have been why. So all of that trouble was scar tissue! Seriously?! Crazy. I guess we'll see if this is going to be a recurring issue. Hopefully not.

So I made it home before noon and just ended up sleeping on and off the rest of the day. The only pain pill I took the first day was a loritab to sleep at night. Same with the second day. I have a pretty good pain tolerance. If I'm not in pain where I feel like I might die, I won't take anything. I can handle most stuff. It's been pretty easy. I am really shocked. My tummy is sore but I felt more pain being pregnant with Jackson and having my round ligament stretching out. That was a million times worse than the pain I had after surgery. There were times when loritab wouldn't even help that pain. I'm able to pick Jackson up fine and do stuff around the house. I still try to do more than I should and my body starts telling me to slow down but really this has been easy. I'm really lucky. If you saw my belly button though you would not believe how purple and red and blue it looks. It looks awful. Its gross.

Scott stayed home from work Tues and Wed. It was nice to have his help. Especially since Jackson picked this week to start walking a ton and climbing on the couch and up Charlotte's slide. He's found new independence and he's taking off with it. Its so cute because I still see him as little baby and the dude is just walking around. I love it but time is flying! So yeah, all is well for now. Now I get to stress about all the doctor bills I have to pay. Its not even funny. I haven't even finished off paying Jackson yet. Thank goodness for tax returns to ease some of the burden. But yeah, things are good, I am alive and there is still a chance at more kids in the future. Woohoo! :)