So I had my second surgery on Friday, the 2nd. I was having another inferior turbinate reduction, and having some scar tissue removed.
Well I guess they had to give me twice the amount of anesthetics to put me out. then after they operated I woke up in a rage, I tore. out the tubes in my throat, my I.V. And all my monitoring equipment. The Dr. Told me he had to hold my shoulders while a nurse had to grab each arm and leg. After I passed back out they finished up and wheeled me into recovery.
That's when the scary stuff began, I woke up in agony of course. And I was coughing like there was no tomorrow, the only thing coming up was Blood. After about 5 minutes the nurses started to worry about it, of course I could hear them whispering but not what they were saying. I kept drifting in and out of consciousness, and continued to cough up blood. I kept asking for the to go get Amy but no one would. So now I'm starting to panic a little, well a lot when the Dr. Came out of his next surgery to check on me. He said he'd be back in a half hour to stop the bleeding, I asked what it was. I guess when I woke up furosiously I popped one of the cotterized blood vessels, and it was dripping into my throat. So about 2 or 3 naps later the Dr. Came back. I sit up and he turns around and shoves this tampon up my left nostril which pushes everything in the nose out the back of my throat and out my mouth. So now I look like the people from 28 days later after they've been infected, but feel like Rich Franklin after his last fight.
So the surgery was at 10:30am, and should of been about 3 hours including recovery, but its now like 5:00 pm, they finally went an got Amy for me. All I wanted was for her to be with me, cause I knew shed be worried out of her mind, and I needed her, man how I needed her. So the Dr. Decides he's gonna keep me over night, cause I can't keep my oxygen levels up above 89, I guess its supposed to be like 92. The alarms are going off on the monitor, my eyes are burning from the oxygen pumping straight into them out of the mask, and I'm starving. Thankfully I have Amy beside me to keep me calm and relaxed, she's an amazing care taker. I feel horrible at this point but she's got a hand on my head, and that's all I needed to keep me in tune. the nurse brought me over a couple digestive cookies, and oh my goodness, they were probably the best baby crackers I've ever tasted, the an egg salad sandwich and ask Amy, I fell in love. So around 8:00pm they wheel me upstairs give me something for pain, and my beautiful wife is finally able to go home and rest. Unfortunately she couldn't sleep, which is all I could do. In and out, in and out, (consciousness) what's that I had no ability to control my own mind.
The next morning Amy brought me a coffee, and 5 minutes later th Dr. Came in with one too, I felt amazing considering the previous day.
Its been a week and three days since and last night was the first night that I could breath out of both nostrils. Wow what a difference in the quality of sleep when you can breath. Hopefully it is fixed, well know for sure in another couple weeks I guess. So that's it, that's what has been going on here, been down and out, I just want to say thank you to my wonderful wife, she is my stone and has the ability to help ease you through rough situations. I love you.
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