it was a piece of cake (pun intended)!!!!

May 30, 2010

hey everyone ,
i cant believe im sleeved wahooooooo .
i cant tell u what a great experience i  had  thanks to  my coordinator Patti.
i want everyone to know  how great she was.  from explaining all the details and helping me to decide  which surgery was right for me to  setting up hotel  Dr,  to getting a call just moments ago  to see how i am feeling .  so thank you Patti where ever you are i will be forever grateful . 
now my story.  Tony one of the drivers  a sweet guy picked us up at the hotel in san diego and took us to get our blood work. i tipped him  a few dollars  every time  i once worked for tips so i know how important they  can be    then   i arrived at the hospital  and spoke to a patient coordinator  savelle he was so helpful  he asked me my medical , weighed me ,and then set me up to get my ekg. with  an older gentleman  he was a sweet heart  after that  nurse came in gave us the gown, hat and matching shoes  yahoo lol she then  compressed each leg with gauze  and put my  IV in . there were 3 patients that day  i was the last  to go. Dr Almanza came in my room introduced himself to me and explained the whole procedure   jokingly i told dr Almanza that he saved the best  for last lol. then he said back to me if i was a good girl  ,he would take 90% of my stomach   i laughed  then he said  no no 80% is good ;-)   i walked into the  operating room and was asked to lay donw on the table  the ansthelogist asked me a few questions and thats all i  remember. i woke up in my room  the hospital  was very clean  a lil small but they had everything that they needed so  this time size  didnt matter to me  lolol . it felt like every 15 min i was having my blood pressure taken by Alahandro a nurse  and  i was getting up walking around   in the corridors. pain wasnt much to talk about although i have a high tolerance for pain  but what ever gas pains i did have they dont linger  they come and go quickly  .   i was givin the pain meds and antibiotics through out the night  and by the next mid day  i was able to go to the guest house  as i felt great .   Tony took me and a few others  to the guest house and i was so pleasantly surprised.  it was so warm and cozy  and the staff was incredible  Patti said that the staff there  was great and they were.  i have to say that i took the time to get to know everyone there  the staff members and  the patients were wonderful .  there wasnt anything that the staff wouldnt do for you to be comfortable. so please ladies and gents  take the time out and get to know them  they are wonderful people .   the house was so clean  i think everytime one person used the rest rooms  there were cleaned because i never saw  them dirty not once .  Terry the cook    i loved her  she was teaching me how to cook even though i couldnt it anything grrrr lolol but someday i will.  
 we watched tv together in the living room   and i actually helped make the picture on the tv the right size lol. Dr Betancourt came in and said hello to everyone.  DR Brenda  a sweet heart came everynight  to give us pain meds antibiotics and to see how we were all feeling .   one morning we had to drink this purple barney ink like meds to be prepared for the xray later on that day  can we say ewwwwwwwww   
but i did it along with the others  we were all smiling with purple teeth , mouth and tongues lol   we went to the xray got our pic taken and we were back home at the guest house . 1st time we had soupa / soup  yummmmmmmm   that night  DR Brenda read all the xrays and all was well . Tony took us shopping  we all had so much fun  wahoooo. 
  i just wanted to let everyone know what a great and  happy   experience i had  thanks to Patti , and the staff of jerusalem hospital along with the  guest house.    let me know if  you  want   more info   i'd be glad to  help as  i am a firm believer  in paying it foward.    
    

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