harleygirl528
Well-known member
Hello Everyone,
Just wanted to let you all know that I made it home yesterday about noon. My sister and I were at the airport by 6:15 am and we departed at 8:00 am. Finally made it through my front door about noon and boy was I glad to be home. My mom came home ahead of me and had the house absolutely immaculate, a wonderful pot of stew bubbling on the stove and everything ready for me. It was so nice to be home~I ended up taking a good nap and just getting settled in yesterday. My surgeon recommended only going up and down the stairs once a day and since my bedroom is upstairs I ended up having my daughter/mom go up and down the stairs many times to fetch things. I discovered that the stairs arean't hard at all though and I have already taken them twice today (much to my mother's dismay) so I need to call and see if this ban on stairs is necessary or just recommended based on how one is feeling? Maybe someone can shed some light on this one.
Last night was my first night sleeping in my own bed and I actually slept for 4 hours! That's the longest span of uninterrupted sleep since Jan 13! Sleep is such a struggle because of the fact that I am sleeping on my back and can't really roll around so I guess I wake up everytime my body would natually be rolling.
To answer your question as to why i had to be admitted to the hosptial a day early. My surgeon called me about 6pm and said that the insurance had not approved my surgery and since I had indicated to him that day during the pre-op consultation that I was having chest pain he wanted me to go to the ER and be admitted on an emergent basis. So I had to spend the night in the ICU the night before surgery listening to all the beeps and whistles of ventilators, etc. and didn't sleep a wink! I was so nervous and exhausted! They kept me totally awake and alert all the way into the operating room so my stress level was at a peak but as you all know the rest of the story everything turned out fabulously!
I am still sore, particularly back and neck, and really can't sit at the computer long so I am going to cut this off for now....just wanted to let you all know I am home!!
Thanks again!
Just wanted to let you all know that I made it home yesterday about noon. My sister and I were at the airport by 6:15 am and we departed at 8:00 am. Finally made it through my front door about noon and boy was I glad to be home. My mom came home ahead of me and had the house absolutely immaculate, a wonderful pot of stew bubbling on the stove and everything ready for me. It was so nice to be home~I ended up taking a good nap and just getting settled in yesterday. My surgeon recommended only going up and down the stairs once a day and since my bedroom is upstairs I ended up having my daughter/mom go up and down the stairs many times to fetch things. I discovered that the stairs arean't hard at all though and I have already taken them twice today (much to my mother's dismay) so I need to call and see if this ban on stairs is necessary or just recommended based on how one is feeling? Maybe someone can shed some light on this one.
Last night was my first night sleeping in my own bed and I actually slept for 4 hours! That's the longest span of uninterrupted sleep since Jan 13! Sleep is such a struggle because of the fact that I am sleeping on my back and can't really roll around so I guess I wake up everytime my body would natually be rolling.
To answer your question as to why i had to be admitted to the hosptial a day early. My surgeon called me about 6pm and said that the insurance had not approved my surgery and since I had indicated to him that day during the pre-op consultation that I was having chest pain he wanted me to go to the ER and be admitted on an emergent basis. So I had to spend the night in the ICU the night before surgery listening to all the beeps and whistles of ventilators, etc. and didn't sleep a wink! I was so nervous and exhausted! They kept me totally awake and alert all the way into the operating room so my stress level was at a peak but as you all know the rest of the story everything turned out fabulously!
I am still sore, particularly back and neck, and really can't sit at the computer long so I am going to cut this off for now....just wanted to let you all know I am home!!
Thanks again!