Yesterday I got myself all ready for my surgery at 10am. I was very nervous and was beginning to regret all the offers from friends to come along to the hospital and sit with me. I said I'd be fine with a book. James Patterson is a great author but not even he was working with distraction.
I was all gowned up and last thing I remember is being wheeled into the theatre. When I woke up I was hooked up to machines , I started panicking because I had a breathing tube in. I'm thinking what the heck happened I only went in for a minor procedure.
It seems just as they were beginning surgery I had a severe reaction to either the sedative or the anaesthetic. My blood pressure shot up to 225/ 140 and I briefly stopped breathing. They had to resuscitate me and rush me to intensive care. I was of course blissfully unaware of any of this and thought afterwards it wouldn't of been such a bad way to die. The doctors were concerned I'd had a stroke but I don't feel any different. Limbs are working, no slurred speech. I'm going for a brain scan this morning just to check for any bleeds or changes that are not apparent. Then I'm hoping they will let me home. I didn't come in prepared for a hospital stay. I need to go to sleep in my own bed. You can't sleep hooked up to monitors all night.
Waiting to go for my brain scan this morning.
New Beginnings- Helen Steiner Rice.
How often we wish for another chance to have a fresh beginning. A change to blot out our mistakes and change failure into winning. It does not take a new year to make a brand new start. It only takes a deep desire to try with all your heart. To live a little better and to always be forgiving. To add sunshine to the world in which we are living. So, never give up in despair and think that you are through. For there's always a tomorrow and a chance to start anew.
It shook me to read this. i hope the follow-up test show everything is fine. Very best wishes.
ReplyDeleteThe tests all came back normal thankfully db. Thank you for your kind wishes . Im back home now and recuperating.
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