Hey everyone near and dear to my heart! I got home yesterday, but was just testing the waters of sleeping, sipping, sitting, walking, deep breathing, and oh yeah, eating, in other words adjusting to life at home. The hospital stay was really the best experience I've had. I've had two "C" sections, and I'll tell you - recooping from those was worse than this surgery. Everyone in the hospital was fantastic, they listen to my butterfly and best place to get blood from me requests, attentive, caring, and thoughtful. Love Doctor Callery and Love Kelly. Talk about two people that know their stuff and tell it like it is! I will forever be greatful to both of them.
The highlight of my hospital stay was when Tonya and Stuart came by for a visit. That was the best time meeting you both. Thank you both for sharing your stories, you'll never know how much that meant to me. You both are forever in my heart! Tonya brought everyones well wishes with her, she had a lot to carry in that day! Tonya you are so cute!
I kept asking about Troy but couldn't get any response from dr. C confidentiality and all that stuff. Cheered on Joyce as she and I passed each others bed in ICU. Would have loved to talk more to you girl! I was having a hard time talking for two days after surgery due to tube down my esophogus sp?.
Crystyll, I appreciate you so much for giving me the comfort I needed prior to going in a day later. It really helped me see that it turns out okay. I thought you looked marvelous! I was really glad to have met you and your husband.
I can't thank you all enough for your kind words, thought, prayers, support and friendship throughout this process. It's great to be on the losing side of life. Although, I do have to share with you that I gained 17 pounds in the hospital. If you have small children present you may want them to leave the room, my urine output wasn't what they wanted it to be in ICU so they increased my intake volume to hopefully jump start my kidneys. Well, to make a long story short, it all worked out fine in the end, but, but, when the nurse told me to step on the scale as I was leaving, she was looking at me with "well, aren't you happy with what you see on the scale?" I gasped, what? A 17 pound gain???????? I thought I was supposed to be loosing weight? I had heard in the past that some people had gained 5 to 8 pounds, but 17????
So, I go in Sunday/Monday night/morning weighing 249.9 and leave weighing 266???? Now, because I'm a member of this fine forum, I do know that this is temporary and I'm not in a panic, yet until I weight myself again at home.
Enough about me, how is eveyone else? I'm so glad to hear about the chat room! Count me in.
I'm home....
u so cute
Linear Mode
