Well, I'm going to keep this post short
today since my eyes are buggin even looking at the computer screen.
And the red squiggly line of spellcheck won't leave me alone.
Wednesday – The Day Of Surgery
We had to be at the hospital two hours
before surgery to get checked in and whatnot. So hello 5:30AM! I
had to get into a lovely hospital gown and lay on the bed/stretcher
until they wheeled me into the OR. I was stuck only once again for
my IV, but it took a lot longer and that IV only lasted a half a day.
Because I needed a new IV, I had to wait on my pain meds. Well,
let's just say that it took until around midnight to get all my pain
under control. Not a good day :(
Thursday
Pain under control. Able to get in/out
of bed to use the bedside commode rather easily. I asked to see a
priest that day for confession. I figured that I may as well make
good use of my time...so confession and communion that day for me.
Thursday was a pretty good day pain wise and all other kinds of wise.
I went home that afternoon.
Friday
I slept most of the day. Since I
hadn't slept in over a week (I've been cat-napping), my body was
really craving sleep. And the medicines I'm on definitely contribute
to the lack of sleep.
Saturday
Most of this day was also spent
sleeping. I decided to shower Saturday night and this would prove to
be my undoing! Not only did I get the bottom of my splint wet while
showering, but I also lost my balance and came down on the newly
operated foot and it's been hurting more ever since. I took off the
big ace bandages that were on my splint and before replacing them
with clean, dry ones, I took the hair dryer to it. My husband helped
and we both agreed that the wet factor didn't really seem like much of a
problem anymore. It was the increased level of pain that concerned
me. I waited until the morning and called the on-call doc. He said
for me to call the clinic first thing Monday morning because my doc
may want to have my splint looked at and possibly get more x-rays
taken.
So that's where I am today. Really
tired...foot pain at a 6-7 pain level. And kinda worried that I
fucked my foot's healthiness.
Anyone else out there a klutz like me?
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