I now have a pretty black eye and a swollen cheek. Fun explaining that at work.
Let me go back to the day of surgery though, because I've got some bitching to do.
Originally, DH was going to take a day off of work so he could drive me there, bring me home and take care of me the rest of the day. My mom is a nurse and when she heard I was having surgery she rearranged her schedule so that she could take care of me. This sounds like a good thing, but not really.
The plan was for her to pick me up at my house, take me for surgery, bring me home and stay at my house until Eric got home from work. It began that way. After the surgery was done and I woke up (IV sedation is a wonderful thing) she drove me back to HER house. She lives about 30 minutes away from me. I was too groggy to argue. I'm just glad I brought my pillows from home with me just in case. I took my first pain pill at noon. I could take them every four hours so I told her to keep track of the time and wake me up at 4:00 so I could have the next one. I woke up on my own at 5:00!!! Because the pain meds had worn off! So that ticked me off. Then Eric calls because he's home from work. My mom invites him over for dinner, which sounds nice, but it's actually so he can take me home instead of them. He had a conference call with people in their China office at work so he couldn't come over anyway.
So they all ate dinner and then my mom drove me home. When she was dropping me off Eric asked her what the doctor had told her with regards to after-care and if I had a follow-up appointment. She said that they hadn't told her anything. She claims that the doctor told me everything after the surgery was done which is bullshit I say. I was coming out of anesthesia, they wouldn't have told me follow-up instructions!
In the end my mom got me to surgery and back alive, but that's it. She failed on everything else. And she's a nurse so she should know better! Oh well.
I called this morning and I have a follow-up appointment this Thursday that I would have missed thanks to my mom. Thanks a lot mom!
2 comments:
Glad the surgery went well! Ugh, poor you with that shiner! Hope it fades soon. :)
And, OMG, I just wanted to throttle your mom reading this!!!
I just wanted to tell you that I have spent a good 3 hours reading your entire blog tonight. I don't really know why? I have a cousin with infertility problems and your blog was a link off of hers. It caught my eye and my heart.
I was told forever I would have difficulty getting pregnant because of my PCOS. I got pregnant on BCP. WOW. I often wonder what we would have done and how we would have handled not having a child.
I admire your fight and your honesty and your heart! I have this bookmarked and will follow your journey. Thanks for touching my life.
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