GBS: Post-Game Wrap Up

Well, it's Friday and I sucessfully made it through my gall bladder removal surgery. As far as I know, things went smoothly and it came out of one of the four small holes I now have in my abdomen. But which one?

The only things I remember are getting wheeled into the OR a little after 3, someone asking me to move over onto the table, then someone put one of those big, rubbery masks over my face and I was OTE! You know how you'll watch different surgery shows on TV, and they'll wheel the patient in, and be like, "Are you ready?" then they'll give them some of that white stuff in their IV? And then the patient lies there and talks or counts backwards for a few seconds; I didn't have anything like that happen, at least not that I know of.

Next thing I knew, someone was saying my name and told me I was in the "post-op area" and I opened my eyes and saw a big clock that said 5pm. I told the voice that I was sore and she said she'd give me something for that. I must have dosed in and out for the next hour. This nurse kept giving me ice, and it was the best ice I'd ever had because I have never woken up with such a bad case of dry mouth and sore throat! I think the doctor must have "messed around" and put something down my throat. And by that, I mean something like a breathing tube.

Sometime around 6 I was awake enough to be moved to recovery where Ben and my parents came in shortly after. The next hour or so was me just lying there, I think I talked to them and then the nurse gave Ben my list of restrictions, helped me get dressed and I was sent home.

I've got some pictures, but the card reader on the computer isn't seeing it, so I can't post them right now. I've got a picture of my gall bladder, my appendix (which looks like a bratwurst), some fat (like I didn't know I had any), and a couple other random pics of my innards.

I've spent the last day and a half in somewhat of a drug induced haze. I've got my "special" pills that I take every 4 hours or as needed for pain(sometimes < 4hr) and another pill to help with the nausea, but I don't really have any of that.

I'm going to go and get back to the list of movies I have to watch during this time. There's really nothing on regular TV anymore.