Yesterday we arrived at the clinic at around 9.45am, we didn't want to be late so we were 15 minutes early. We waited like FOREVER outside. I wondered why they didn't prep me earlier inside the ward area. Anyway, we were "checked in" at about 10.50am. I changed to my backside exposing gown (yes, I hate that gown) and had my last pee. At this time, it's already 11.15am, and I was curious why hadn't they asked hubby for his specimen. When the surgical nurse said I should move to the operation room, I asked why wasn't hubby's specimen taken. Then only she asked the other nurse why hasn't it done. Gosh! Thank goodness this is my second time!
When I got onto the cold, air-con blowing operating table, I checked the time again. 11.20am. It was getting cold, I tried to wrap the thermal blanket around my body to keep myself warm - though I know by the time I knocked out they would lift it up again. Then the nurse came to me and put some monitoring equipment on me and tried to - get the needle in for the IV. GREAT! I was pretty sure that with me feeling so freaking cold, surely the veins are going into hiding! And boy oh boy, they are ALL in deep hiding. 2 nurses tried 3 times, nothing... So before long the anesthesia doctor came and did it in ONE poke! Yaye~ I remember saying THANK YOU to him! Haha!
This time the anesthesia doctor is a different one, so even his method is slightly different. After inserting the IV needle, he gave me a jab on antibiotic (he told me so) and then gave me the oxygen mask to breath. Ah~ clean oxygen. It's cooling and clean. Haha! He then gave me the anesthesia via the IV, he told me to keep my eyes open. During which, I said a short prayer and before I can say Amen, I'm down~
When I started to have consciousness, I can hear the nurses talking in a distance. I tried to shake away the dizziness, and tried to move myself but the anesthesia was still very much in control of me. I tried to sleep it off for a while, but it was getting cold. After a couple of minutes, I got better control of myself and I could turn my head and saw the clock was 12.30pm. I think about 5 more minutes, I was ok and could walk myself back to the ward. As I got to the bed, I told hubby I'm cold. So he grabbed the other thermal blanket from the other bed for me + the shawl that I brought along with me.
I rested for about 1.5 hours, and I'm all good and wide awake already. I told hubby we can go now, and that I wanted to go back and sleep on our Heavenly Bed :) Nurse dispensed me one oral medication, and my more dreadful vee-jay-jay Cylogest. Both are to be consumed twice a day, with the Cylogest to be inserted at 11am and 11pm sharp daily. And off we go~
We went to pack lunch - it's already 3pm! Famish me but then when I got home, I couldn't eat much. I could still taste the anesthetic meds in my mouth! Eww, what a taste! I had a little bun with a cup of milo (though I didn't finish the milo) and went to bed. Yawn~ sleepy head needs to rest.
I slept through dinner, so hubby had to pack dinner for me again. I had soupy food, as I wasn't sure if I will have nauseating feeling after food.
Then at 11pm, my first Cyclogest - like before, hubby will do the night job for me :) After inserting it, I will have to be bedridden for at least an hour. Before the hour is up, I fell asleep soundly already :) Sleepy head!
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