The surgery took about 7 hours and I got to my room around
5pm Tuesday. The time went by quickly
for me, I don’t remember a thing! But I think
it went by a bit slower for Bobby, luckily he was able to take a nap on the Murphy
bed in my room. The nurses checked my
vitals every hour the first night. Last
night they checked my vitals every 4 hours and I was able to get some better
sleep. I am pretty sore, mostly in my
abdomen right now. All wires/tubes were
disconnected from me Tuesday afternoon and my pain meds are now pills instead
of the IV Drip and PCA pump (which I liked because I could give myself more pain
meds every 10 minutes!). Wednesday I
moved from my bed to a chair in my room, went on a walk down the hall and
another walk down 2 halls to watch a bit of a parade. Today I’ll get to take a shower and walk
around the whole floor. The doctors said
everything went really well and they are pleased with their work. And all of the nurses and staff here are so
nice and caring.
Micah was able to come see me Wednesday evening and while
it was hard to not hold him we did have him stand on the bed and I stood up so
I could give him a hug. He loved hiding
in all the closets and attempting to hide on shelves. The shelf thing didn’t go so well.
Oh and good news!
The doctors are 95% sure the cancer did not get into my lymphatic
system!!! We should know for sure at my
post-op visit on Monday. I will be happy
to know for sure that it did not spread since we know my tumor was very
aggressive. It actually grew between my
ultrasounds on 1/18 and 2/1 so having my surgery so soon was definitely a good
thing.
I don’t know when I’ll be discharged but I’m still hoping
for Saturday so I can continue being cared for by the nurses. They seem pretty impressed with my progress
though so they might try to send me home on Friday. We will keep you posted.
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