1 post tagged “health surgery 3”

Hey!  Sorry I haven't been able to talk to all of you lately.  I just read all of the comments that everyone sent with my last post and I wanted to let everyone know that your prayers worked and were very badly needed.  I don't know why I'm here or why I'm healing the way that I am.  I can't make this a very long post but I wanted to at least try to tell you how much you did for me.  It looks like, if all keeps going well, I might get to go home Wednesday, were I'll be around here so much more.  I'll also get to feel and be there in this beautiful SPRING that we're all happening, instead of being wheeled in a chair around the hospital grounds!  Although, Hotel, St. Anthony's DOES have some mighty fine daffodills!  hehehe

I went into surgery last Thursday.  I haven't even asked how many hours it took.  MANY is what I'm guessing.  The surgery went well.  I have the teeniest part of what used to be my stomach.  All the scar tissue and ulcerated material have been cut away.  Good job.  The surgery is never the problem with me.  The problem is recovery.  I can't quote you on this, but I am told by a reliable source (my mom) that I needed the rapid response team to bring me out of convulsions from a severe drug reaction.  I call it a LACK OF DRUG reaction.  I felt every nerve in my body EXPLODE from pain and every bone seemed to come alive - racked with pain.  It wasn't pretty and nothing worked.  I'm allergic to most of the good drugs, like morphine or anything like morphine.  It was like trying to recovery (on the first day out of surgery) with nothing more than a tylenol!  Was I praying to die?  Um, yes.  I would have paid my mom or day to kill me those few days.  I let them know as much.  I don't know how my mom was able to watch me scream in pain and she still has some of her mind.  She was here alone with me that night.  Ben had a high fever and the flu.  He was able to be here after Mom and Amber put in their time with the hard headed patient (me). 

I guess I'm recovering better than they've ever seen anyone recover from this type surgery.  It's amazing.  It also still hurts but a little mor dealable, THANK YOU JESUS!  lol  I'm still here and I'll be home soon.  This week, I'm fairly certain.

All of your comments made me cry.  That isn't a lie.  Maybe I'm lacking sleep and need pain meds but I have the best friends on vox and probably in the world!  (((((HUGS)))))

Amber anad my family thank everyone for their prayers too.  (She wanted me to mention that she was thankful to all of you).