update on my surgery

I just got home from the hospital.  

So i'll go on with the story here.

I went in at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, suppose to register check in and go up to pre-op!  Well, I get up there, and you know kind of cranky cause I was starving.  Well, 30 minutes later they hook me up to the iv.  Check my vitals, and baby.  

So i'm waiting....and my surgery time rolls around, still waiting.....starving, thirsty, cold, waiting....  2 hours later, they finally come and get me, while the guy was pushing me down, he was telling me this lady came in the ER with pain, she had apendecitis, and while removing the apendix, they discovered her fallopian tube was bursted, so they remove that, and then she needed her gallbladder removed.  So seeing as how it was a life threatening emergency she went first, okay that is reasonable to be late.  No worries.  So I'm waiting for the doctor to get down, and then he comes up to me and tells me the same story, lol....  Anywho, we get the show on the road!

So 5 pm, and into surgery.  They have me scoot on the bed, they prop my right side up so im leaning to the left and have lots of blood flow for baby!  Start injecting some medicine into my iv, lol it made it so I could not keep my eyes open for the life of me, and I was having troubles talking, and it felt like my mouth was dripping off of me...(if you've seen fantastic four, like the rubber man) lol...  Then they put a mask on me, and tell me to take deep breaths...I don't remember anything after that up until...

I'm coming out of it, their wheeling me into recovery and I start hyperventalating(sp) because it felt like I had something in my throat, which was the tube they shoved in me lol....But it wasn't there anymore, so I was freaking a bit.  I start crying because I am hurting, cause my throat hurts, cause I keep coughing and it hurts...And then i'm in a bit of a daze...they are talking about my heartbeat....and my ob comes running in and comes up to me, and starts talking and I have no idea what he is talking about.  Then all these doctors, The surgeon for hernia, my ob, a cardiologist, and three others are telling me I need to be admitted...

I am so freaking confused at this point, and don't know if it's because of me or baby.....FINALLY I get my ob and ask what the hell is going on...He tells me that during the surgery my heart started racing, and so fast they had to rush the surgery and hurry up and get me out of there.  I have no heart conditions, so we're all worried.

Then they send me up to the ICU..  I did however get put on an awesome bed lol that was so comfy.  Anywho, so i'm in my room, they call my husband and he is freaking.  They tell me to try and eat something, so they give me pudding of all things when I ask for saltines.  And some water.  I took a tiny bite of pudding and felt so sick, and they didn't let me eat, or drink anything until this morning....omg...  32 hours without food....  ugh...So they give me zoloft i think for the nausea, and give me morphine for the pain.  My ob didn't want me in any pain incase it sent me into labor.  

So every hour i'm getting morphine.  Finally the lady comes down from L&D ands checks on baby, baby is great kicking away!  So I then spend the entire night trying to get comfortable, trying to understand what the heck is going on, and hurting and sick...  

This morning a heart specialist comes in and does an ultrasound on my heart, because no one including me or my dad can figure out where or why I would have a heart problem.  So the ultrasound comes out perfect, he said he has never seen such a healthy heart.  ok.....The cardiologist comes in and tells me my heart is fine I can go home.  

So they tell me that this is just something freak that happens, but surgery went fine, and baby is fine.  So there is my horrible time in the Fing hospital over night.  I didn't sleep much last night.  Too many wires hooked up to me.  Too much pain and too many alarms.

I am going to go lay in bed, because I had to cancel my dinner, and i'm miserable, and not happy!

ugh, i hope this pain goes away because no pharmacy was open to fill my perscriptions, and i'm suffering...

[Jem75]

Good grief- I can not believe all you have been through this week, but sooo happy for you that all is ok and you and baby are doing well. You have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving! To be honest, it really puts things into perspective for me. I am always worried that the slightest thing is going to threaten this pregnancy (b/c I have had two early miscarriages) - but your story shows how resilient these little babies are to with stand all sorts of things. So thanks for sharing the details - and I hope you can make up for all lost time eating like crazy now! Glad to have you back....

[ashiepooh]

ooops zofran not zo loft....

oh yeah my thanksgiving got moved to saturday, and i'm trying to eat now, more than a few bites so I can get over the feeling sick from it.  ugh....  =)

but besides the pain from surgery i'm all dandy and getting kicked up a storm from little baby!

[kele1129]

Glad that you are ok!

[ashiepooh]

thank you kele1129!

So today I had my thanksgiving, and was so looking forward to it, filled up my plate, and couldn't eat.  I felt so sick, and still do.  I don't know if i'm getting sick or maybe after surgery your just not hungry who knows....

[justice6920]

awwww you poor thing! Well at least after all of that you and baby are ok.... Hoping you got your pain meds filled!!! And theirs always christmas i guess.... Maybe then you can have your turkey dinner! Hope ya feel better!

[ovaz129]

Glad to hear you and baby are ok :)