I was having and ignoring a serious pain in my upper right abdomonen, Wednesday January 13th I couldn't take it any longer; called a taxi and went to the ER where I waited 3 hours for a doctor to misinform me about my condition. She tried in her best english to explain. This is what came out," Miss, you are in crisis and we need to take your liver out."
So dramatic these Italians. (Iloveit) That wasn't the case but I did have to be admitted.
I had a cholecystectomy followed by serious complications keeping me in the hospital for 11 long, long days and nights, no food or water, hooked up to an IV; waiting... I've never been in so much physical pain in my life.
Lows: the 5 hours of no relief not even from morphine to stop the pain, turning yellow, they hit an atery instead of a vein, trying to sleep while Roma and Lazio played in the next room. The side effects of so many pain killers, Being high most of the time.
Highs: the nursing staff nicknamed me "flashdance" , The sticker on my medical chart read, 'Americana with a smiley face next to it, the most compassionate friends and family of the other patients who helped me while I didn't have my own there, before I went under the anesthesia the entire surgical room sang, "Hotel California"
Breakdown
:: 2 surgeries
:: EKG's
:: IV's
:: pain meds
:: blood tests
:: hallucinations
In short. Life has kinda sucked these past few weeks. I'm glad it's almost over I'll be doing more blood work for a couple more weeks to make sure I don't fall apart. My mom came to take care of me for a week or so and I'm slowly coming out of this weak and depressive state.
Family, friends and people who don't personally know me - Thank you for your well wishes, phone calls, emails, pictures and 'get betters'. I'll start posting regularly later on this week.
xx
11 comments:
I'm so glad you had your mommy with you *tears*
I love you and will keep you in my prayers for a fast recovering!
xoxo.
cynthia.jyllian.and lil cyn
When you said Hotel California, I could think of this: "You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave"
Wow, what an ordeal! I'm glad you are on the road to recovery.
oh my goodness "flashdance," i had no idea this was why you were away. I'm glad to hear you'll be back soon... you've been missed! and i'm grateful that you are okay.
xoxoxo
Well "Flashdance" you have a lot of "Gall" (well, not so much anymore) to reachout for all of this attention. Just kidding. I imagine it is okay to joke about it now. I am deeply sorry for what you went through. That will be one for the books for sure. Being that I work at a hospital, I am most certain you didn't get any good pictures. I am merely trying to lift your spirits. Hope you got a laugh or even a giggle out of this; kind of riding on the fact that you have a good sense of humor. Take care of yourself and then keep us posted.
Alan
What? No pictures?
Glad you're on the mend.
Oh, I'm so sorry for what has happened to you. I really wish you get better and it's so good that your mom came to take care of you!
Have a wonderful week!
kiss
I am so sorry to read that you have had such a horrid start to the New Year. Good to hear you are now on the mend. Welcome back x
how dreadful... but how adorable the stories of the staff at the hospital "hotel california" charming!
I hope you feel better soon.
so sorry to hear you had to go through all that. glad it's all over now and hope you get back to your spunky self real soon and take good care of yourself.
surely a few good cappuccinos will cheer you up in no time!
we're thinking of you...
diane and tilda
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