Thursday Following Surgery

Well I am back at at it again.

The surgery went well and I woke up in the hospital afterward in absolutely NO pain. It had been a three hour surgery. In fact, as soon as they got the catheter and IVs out on Wednesday morning, I was ready to go home but Dr. P wanted me to stay Tuesday overnight...just to be sure the system would still work right. I watched a lot of news on TV and a little programming most of the day. They were in and out all day checking vitals but really, I could not tell I had even had surgery. I slept as well as anyone sleeps in a hospital what with them coming in every couple of hours to do vitals. And I never needed any pain medication at all.

All day Wednesday I was in and out of the hospital bathroom. They wanted to be sure I was completely voiding...and I was. Then the doctors went into a 5 hour surgery about 10:00 without doing my discharge papers first so we had a long wait. It was a long five hour surgery.

Finally I got my papers and signed them and we left the hospital. I walked out without a wheel chair. What did I need with a wheel chair? I had been walking the halls all afternoon. Leslie finally got me home at 6:30 last evening.

I have to take showers for three weeks until everything heals up.  I am ordinarily a bath person but they want to keep the field dry and clean so it's showers for awhile. I really can't complain....a three hour surgery and no need at all for a pain medication. We have to go back in a month for a check up. My appointment is for 11:00 on April 23rd.

Bob popped over early this morning to check on me. He took care of Missy while I was gone. I really appreciated that! Speaking of Missy, she was very glad to see me again. After I had my shower, we laid on the sofa together and watched "Mothers" on Amazon TV.

I have driven out to Walmart this morning and bought a few things I need. Other then that, I have just stuck around home. Of course, since I just had the surgery a couple of days ago, I am not going to clean the apartment this morning. Karan offered to come help me and even run errands for me. But I have run my own errand. That was very good of her though.

More later...

I took my swifter this afternoon and wiped down my floors in the kitchen and bathroom.

I didn't do much else.

Later, Missy and I watched TV. I watched the old movie "The China Syndrome".  It was just as good all these years later.

At 9:30, Missy and I went to bed.