I feel great right now, actually better than I expected. I’m sure the drugs have something to do with that but none the less, great.
The surgery was slightly delayed this morning and started at 11:45am. I talked to the surgeon briefly before entering the operating room and asked when I would hear some results. She said she hoped to have the pathologist’s report by next Friday (March 3rd) and that I will have an appointment with her then. If the results are not in then, we will meet with her the following week.
They wheeled me into the operating room today and the anesthetist moved me close to the operating table and said, “Get as close to the middle of the beer, I mean bed, as possible.” Everyone in the operating room laughed including me. The surgeon said that if we were ordering drinks then she would have a glass of wine. The surgery was done on the right side so I’m pretty sure they were sober.
I woke up in recovery at about 1:30pm. My initial reaction was to take off the oxygen mask and in the process of doing so I gave myself a fat lip. I hate coming out of an anesthetic. Thanks to a man beside me in recovery who was snoring rather loudly, I was able to snap out of it fairly quickly. I then got wheeled to another recovery room where I met up with Steve, my mom and my brother. (Dad was here waiting for me to come home.) I made it home by 4:45pm. Steve picked up the kids and told them that I had surgery today to help my sore shoulder. Andrew had a few questions but other than that they are unfazed. They haven’t even noticed my “squeeze box”.
Speaking of squeeze box, Steve is going to help me drain it now, then I’ll be off to bed. Steve’s got all the drugs lined up so if I wake up in the middle of the night they are close by.
What a day.
me
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Hi Kim and Steve
Kim, I am glad you feel great right now and that things went well with the boys.
Take it easy and enjoy all the attention.
Thinking of you.
Sharilyn
Hi! Kim , Steve & Boys
Kim, we are pleased you came through the surgery without any complications. And that you are at home in comfortable surroundings with Steve and the boys. Hope that Steve was able to play that "squeeze box" without any mistakes.
Your humour reminds me so much of your Aunt Cathy (brain tumor) when she was going through the same. Cathy had a problen of pulling up her underwear and thought she should have a fishing pole/line to reel them up.
Kim, your strength and courage is so amazing, so keep it up.
Love and best wishes,
Aunt Sharon & Peter
Hi Kim:
Glad to hear you are feeling well. I wish we could have talked for a minute yesterday but that porter sure was in a hurry to wheel you out of there and I am sure you were anxious to get home as well. Anyway, I hope you have a smooth recovery - take all the help you can get. Before you know it, life will be back to normal and you will be juggling and multi-tasking as usual.
Andrea
Kim and Steve,
We're glad to hear that things went so well. We were all thinking of you yesterday. We are also not surprised you came through with flying colours.
Talk to you soon.
Brian, Jenn, Samantha and Gavin
Your Connecticut Supporters!
Hi Kim, Steve & family,
Just to let you know that we are all thinking of you over here.
Wishing you the very, very best.
Paul, Karen, Robyn & the rest of the clan.
xx
Kim... glad to hear yesterday went well for you. We've been thinking about you. Keep your spirits and sense of humour up... it makes all the difference.
J. Cushing and Sue Marsh
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