Surgery Day

Well I wasn't too hungry when I woke up this morning.. which was nice! Since I wasn't allowed any food after 10pm the day before. It was at 10pm that i was hungry lol. Yesterday though I had planned to go off and do things.. and then i crashed on my bed with the light on so thats okay lol.. i just woke up early this morning to take my shower and take the nail polish and jewelry off (they said noo nail polish, why? whoo knows). We left at 7:36 and got to the surgery checkin room at 7:55 (Bailey Square).

Check in was dandy.. and we only had to wait for like 10 minutes before they called us back to my little room. Then we prolly waited another like 15 minutes before this guy came in and asked questions and told me I hadda give a pee sample to prove I wasn't pregnant =/ And I was like.. hello I've been fasting.. and I already went to the bathroom today.. not that long ago.. there's nothing in me with which to pee! He wasn't very considerate to the fact.. and told me to do it anyway.. so i tried.. and failed--no der.

Then another nurse came in.. she was nice i liked her. She asked me to change into my little hospital gown. And then she covered me with warm blankets and numbed up my hand, and put the IV in, and then proceeded to inject me with water for the next 20 minutes and then sent me to the bathroom. This time I succeeded.. but it took effort man lol. Just to let you all know. Which I'm sure you're thrilled to know.

A couple other nurses came in.. my anesthesiologist for the surgery and just whatever.. each asking their own little individual questions.. and a couple over lapping questions. All this time my mother taking pictures like I asked her to ^_^ I taught her how to use the camera first. i was a little worried for a while when i got there cuz they said they might do tympaniplasty, he asked me if it was okay if he took tissue from behind my left ear since behind my right ear is mostly scar tissue now. which would have meant i was more likely to be throwing up.. and i wouldnt have been able to eat as much food.. i would have been on liquid and saltine cracker diet for a while.. and it would have meant both sides of my head hurting instead of just the one...... and having much more balance issues.. and just.. a major pain.. but I got myringoplasty instead of tympaniplasty.

Then it came time for me to be wheeled away in my little bed to the surgery room. Before I had even sat down on the surgery bed they hooked my IV up to the general anesthesia and it takes 30 seconds for it to fully kick in.. so the second I was laying down on the bed I was out. I have some vague memory of the recovery room.. i remember thinking that it wasnt the surgery room and it wasnt my little waiting room. Nothing other than that. I mainly just remember waking up in my little room again, and seeing my litte mommy waiting for me. And soon a nurse noticed I was awake and gave me 4 whole graham crackers and a cup of apple juice.



A little later I requested from the other nurse (the one i liked) if I could have more graham crackers and another cup of apple juice. But she freaked out thinking they'd already fed me way too much.. and i was like..... but it was only 4 graham crackers.. then she found out I'd had myringoplasty instead of tympaniplasty and she gave me more food lol. I wish I could have hospital jello.. they've never given me hospital jello. Then she took my IV out.. and after a few minutes I was able to get dressed and be wheeled away in my wheel chair. But my doctor (Doctor Scholl) came in to see me first.




Since I'd noticed while I was in the waiting room before my surgery that there was a little park behind the hospital.. we stopped by so I could take a picture in the swings. Kinda made me feel sick to swing in them tho so I only did it for like a minute.. for the purpose of taking pictures only. Then we hopped in the car, and stopped briefly to take a picture in front of the hospital sign.. and then went home and ate some chicken noodle soup on the couch.. When I promptly fell asleep on the until 4:30 (I think we got home about 12:45).

We had soup for dinner too! A different kind though. And I think next I'm watching Nim's Island (my mommy bought it at Walgreens today when she was getting my meds and I had already wanted to see it). Then I wouldnt be surprised if I went to sleep.