It has been quite a day.
The short version is that my surgery has been postponed...
We arrived at the hospital at 8:00 this morning. I had followed all of the instructions to the letter, including no food after minow and then the nurse stopped by for some small thing, like sending me for a blood draw or giving me medicine.
By noon I had the pre-op meds in my system, was settled into my lovely hospital garb, and had begun napping in my bed. Soon a lady came by to start my IV. That was a disaster all its own. She struggled to start it, and reluctantly said she thought it should be okay. But as soon as she was gone, the nurse tried to begin the IV fluids, and realized it was no good.
After a few more delays, it was now past 2:00. And by the time the nurse came into let me know the surgery wouldn't be happening, we had been there almost 7 hours.
Side note: the combination of medication and limited language skills can result in very slow processing of important information. Like the nurse saying 'the operation is NOT happening today." Yeah, I missed the word not. But once the words finally sunk in, the waterworks turned on rather quickly.
So all of this to say, no surgery for now. The two procedures before mine took much longer than anticipated. Of course I was not happy about the news. But I did appreciate that the surgeon came by to explain what happened and apologize.
Because of the upcoming holidays, looks like I'll be waiting until the new year to get this behind me. Just another little surprise in this crazy chapter, but hopefully it won't last too much longer!
We arrived at the hospital at 8:00 this morning. I had followed all of the instructions to the letter, including no food after minow and then the nurse stopped by for some small thing, like sending me for a blood draw or giving me medicine.By noon I had the pre-op meds in my system, was settled into my lovely hospital garb, and had begun napping in my bed. Soon a lady came by to start my IV. That was a disaster all its own. She struggled to start it, and reluctantly said she thought it should be okay. But as soon as she was gone, the nurse tried to begin the IV fluids, and realized it was no good.
After a few more delays, it was now past 2:00. And by the time the nurse came into let me know the surgery wouldn't be happening, we had been there almost 7 hours.
Side note: the combination of medication and limited language skills can result in very slow processing of important information. Like the nurse saying 'the operation is NOT happening today." Yeah, I missed the word not. But once the words finally sunk in, the waterworks turned on rather quickly.
So all of this to say, no surgery for now. The two procedures before mine took much longer than anticipated. Of course I was not happy about the news. But I did appreciate that the surgeon came by to explain what happened and apologize.
Because of the upcoming holidays, looks like I'll be waiting until the new year to get this behind me. Just another little surprise in this crazy chapter, but hopefully it won't last too much longer!
I'm so sorry Jenn. It was not in God's timing. Enjoy your Christmas. Love ya.
ReplyDeleteOh Jenn, I'm so sorry.
ReplyDeleteContinued prayers, Jennifer.
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