I woke up in the recovery room with a 102.7 and rising fever, so they stuck ice packs everywhere--under my arms. my knees, my head, my eyes, my neck and alongside the side of my body. Honestly, I couldn't feel either one--I didn't feel hot and I didn't feel cold. It was a little baffling to me, but that's about all I remember. Lol.
Here's a pic of me heading into the operating room...
Yesterday, I stayed pretty constantly on the heavy side of loopy because I HURT. My voice is very weak, and I can only talk (more like whisper) for short periods of time because my voice either fades out or I need to breathe, and it's sort of hard to breathe. I'm on 2 liters of oxygen, so that helps. Mostly the back of my neck hurts where he was poking around in there. And the front of my neck, and my head and my eyes. I can't tolerate the light very well.
There is anesthesia crud in my lungs that I want to cough up, but coughing hurts too much. So I'll probably get pneumonia. Lol...I hope not.
I have drains in my neck which are constantly leaking blood into a little collection ball.
I have these things on my legs that inflate and deflate regularly to prevent blood clots. I like those things, but they kept me confined to the bed. After using the bedpan about 5 times yesterday, they taught me how to disconnect the wiring so I could walk to the bathroom myself. The first time I stood up, I almost went down, but I'm a Viking Ninja and even anesthesia overload can't knock me down. Lol.
I just got my morning dilaudid, so I'll be loopy and almost pain free in a minute. Whoohoo!
And breakfast is coming...some kind of liquid stuff I'm assuming because I can barely swallow water without setting my neck on fire. Lol.
Oh yeah, and the most wonderful thing is I have a wonderful, sweet companion with me, who never once left my side since I got here. We even shared the little twin bed with a mattress full of rocks and spiders and attempted to sleep.
Okay, I'm really sleepy and I need to shut my eyes awhile. Peace, y'all...
That sounds painful. I hate hospitals and it gives me the shivers thinking about them. Maybe you will have a new lease on life after you recover from surgery. I hope it all works out for you. It really sucks not feeling well and most people take their health for granted. Do you have loved ones by your side?