salem4444
The big day...and hospital stay.
Feb 09, 2010
I was so nervous the day before... I even wrote letters for my husband and kids, in case....I had difficulty sleeping, I slept from 2 to 4, because I had to take a shower and be at the hospital by 6, I was supposed to be the first to have surgery.
I waited till 7:45 in the hospital while the nursed where calling other patients, for pre-op prep. Finally they called me, and they told me that I was the second, my surgery will be at 10. So my husband decided to go get some breakfast for him because they was no place for him in the prep room. He brought with him my suitcase and my CPAP, just to be sure they will not be stolen. A few minutes after he leaves, the surgery ward called, saying that the first case was cancelled and that I will be going first. It was 8:15 and the surgeon was waiting for me. But my husband was gone with my cpap and I needed it for the immediate post-op. So we waited for him, surgery ward calling, nurse anxious, and I was soooo nervous, my blood pressure went up to 180... The nurse tryed to calm me, my husband finally arrived and I arrived at the ward at 8:25, and everybody was over me... The nurse mesuring my legs for the post-op compression socs, the doctor asking me question about my history, the anesthesiologist asking also a lot of questions, nurses taping my arms to the table, resident trying to put me an IV....My BP went out to 197!!! Then the anesthesiologist gave me something to relax, and suddenly, all went calmer... They were putting a canula in my wrist, it was painful but I didn't care LOL
Then all went black, and I woke up in the recovery room, in pain and it was 11:30. I was moanig and the nurse was saying my BP was high and I had some arrythmias in my heart beat. I had a big pain in my chest and left arm, I tought it was my heart but the nurse sais it was CO2 . They gave me some injection for pain and blood pressure and it was better. I asked that the head of the bed was raised and it was more confortable for breathing. There was no rooms available, so I waited till 3:30 to have a room. We were 6 in the room, not bathroom, this was almost 3 rooms away, public restrooms with 4 cabinets, for almost 30 patients... The woman in the bed next to me had an infectious disease with diarrhea ( clostridium difficile?) and I heard the doctor say that she needs to be isolated but there was no room. I was very anxious to get that, because I just had surgery... The first night was difficult, because they decided to move the lady at 1 in the morning, and desinfect all the bed, walls, with javel ( it made me nauseous) and they even brought a ladder to remove the curtains and change them. After that they installed another lady there. In the other bed, there was an old man, who was moanig like a small dog all night with pain, and had hiccups continually. It was hard sleeping that night.
But after that the other 2 nights went well. The new lady was sweet, the old man had more med for his pain and hiccups, the other three patients were very calm. But during the day, it was another story. Many visitors ( for 6 patients...) talking loud, it was difficult for me to rest. The daughter of the old man ( he was dying from cancer) brought her notary at the hospital they read aloud all the papers, and made the old mansign to give his house to her, before the other daughter arrived...
In another bed, the patient was a real estate agent, he was making phone calls, receiving clients at the hospital and showing them pictures of houses to choose from !!!
There was a man about 28, waiting to have his appendix out, we chatted a lot. He is from Armenia, been in Quebec for 7 months, learning business in Concordia. Very sweet to talk too. Had learned french and english and was very good at it. He also speaks Armenian, Russian and a little bit of spanish.
So that was my 2 1/2 days hospital stay...
