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My sexy stockings, issued pre-surgery
All went very well!? I headed in and was in the admission section at 0720, the got me straight into prep, filling in the forms, signing the papers, getting changed. Stockings were given to me for free 🙂 Walked myself to the anaesthetic room, next thing i know i am half awake being told how to click the morphine button. I was REALLY out of it for the rest of the day, Ali popped in after school and took great delight in seeing me and a not very with it state. Niffer and Kat who worked on the tour with me in May and June also popped in, it was great to see some young people on the ward! I wasn’t allowed out of the bed all day on Wednesday, thankfully managed to pee before they were concerned about me, maybe just the mention of catheter was enough Having said that peeing in a bottle is NOT easy when lying in a bed! On a drip mean needed to pee in the middle of the nigh (that might be normal for some of you!)t, and people sticking needles in and checking blood pressure that and the snoring gent across the ward did mean not a whole lot of sleep, on the up side, being stone awake at 3 in the morning, and having Skype on my Iphone, did mean a long overdue catch up with Alex in Alaska WIN!
Thursday was much better, very little after effects of being under the knife. Trying to wash, have a bed changed is all a lot more complex that I would have imagined, but thankfully at about 1030, the physiotherapist (or physioterrorist as they are sometimes known) turned up to get me out of the bed! We tried a frame for a few steps them moved onto crutches. 1130 they came back and took me to the stairs and showed me how to get up and down. They seemed very happy with it all and were prepared to let me go home! I wasn’t sure i wanted to go home, all a bit nervous about that. Lunch i had curry and a steam pudding with custard, got to admin, wasn’t’ looking forward to the food too much, but surprisingly tasty it was! I had a wee nap to be woken by my pastor Geoff popping in for a visit. I was a bit consumed it wasn’t visiting hours yet, but apparently as a minister of Religion, he isn’t’ restricted to those times 🙂 I braved a little walk after Geoff had gone, and felt a whole lot more confident about surviving at home. My big concern about home, is that our toilet it up stairs, would staying in for another day to rest up before having to go up and down so much be a good idea, to be honest, when I thought about trying another night like that again, I was pretty happy about tackling the stairs!
Knee this morngin, only got 5 little dressings. But is swollen the size of a balloon!
I was in the hospital less than 36 hours, which seems crazy, but I have fairly basic meds, exercises to do and a rather fancy ice pack to use on my knee.
Please do keep praying for a quick recovery. I am not allowed to put any weight on the leg for 3 weeks, and it could be as long as 6 weeks before I can drive again. If only I had an automatic, it could be as quick as 3!
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