Back at home

The surgery went well. Doc said he got everything and now we are waiting to hear about the the pathlogy report. I hope it will be done Monday. I hope they won't make me wait until Wednesday whn tumor board discusses my case. That's a long time from now.

After surgery in recovery I was having a hard time getting my pain under control. The docs and nursers were trying everything to make me comfortable. I was finally put on phetnol. It helped for about 20 minutes and then wore off. My pain was still up at 9 or a 10. I have never been in that much pain from my surgeries. It scared me and I was laying there helpless. Once I was transfered to ICU the nice ladies there gave me a morphine pump that I could work myself every 10 minutes. That wasn't often enough so they lowered it to 7 minutes. Bless them! I was also put on Oxycodone. The pain was in check.

Shannon and Chrystal showed up with my Princess treatment sign and a tierra! They are great. The yummy torte and chocolate chip cookies weren't bad either. I'll blame the extra pounds on the steroids for sure. The night in ICU was uneventful thank goodness. I didn't even freak out that bad during my MRI. I usually need to be sedated for them after my surgeries. I think I feel like my head won't fit into the machine. I ended up staying in the hospital one more day than I usually do. The doc wanted me to be on antibiotics for another day - just in case. They are every worried about infection because this is my 5th time being opened up and I may not heal as quickly. He also wants my stitches to stay in for 6 weeks. I was planning to go back to work in 4. Not sure how that will work. I may just take the 2 extra weeks off. It mostly depends on what the pathology comes back and what the docs decide on for future treatment. I guess it will round the season off nicely. I can go back right after Thanksgiving.

We had visitors all weekend. My niece and nephew were getting worried about me so my sister in law brought them over to see me on Friday night a few hours after I got home. Maybe not the smartest thing but it was good to see them and I went to bed right after they left. My mom came over Saturday and cooked us all kinds of food. She even brought over more on Sunday. YUM! My dad came for dinner Sunday. Lot's of visits. Lot's of flowers, too. Love those!