“The night nurse (Heather) and NA were like a military Special Forces team. “
“My first thought was ‘Oh my GOD, THEY ARE ALL HERE’. “
“….I am married to the most wonderful man on the planet.”
“OH and you have to know, Cole went down Aunt Jani and Uncle Brent's laundry shoot yesterday. Head first.”
Good Morning Everyone,
I am Home! It is good to be here. We returned home yesterday about noon. I stayed in the hospital an extra night due to the anesthesia and pain meds they had me on. My system didn't like either. I am 100% better than I was. I am not experiencing much pain at all, mostly discomfort at the tightness in my chest. Lying down is also awkward. I have managed to go about 36 hrs without any pain meds. We are on the right track. I seem to have gadgets everywhere (one being my IPod so it isn't all bad) but it is temporary.
I only had my Sentinel Lymph Nodes removed. No large group had to come out. The pathology report won't be back until Mon or Tues. We see the surgeon on Mon afternoon and she hopes to have the report by then.
We were treated very well at the hospital. The first night in the room the hospital staff was very kind and efficient. The night nurse (Heather) and NA were like a military Special Forces team. They swooped in, got the job done and disappeared. The nurse was British to the hilt, including the WHITE nurse’s dress with WHITE stockings and WHITE shoes. She only lacked the WHITE hat. She and nursing assistant were VERY SERIOUS about their jobs. When they change shifts someone comes in and writes the names of the new nurse and NA on the white board along with the date. Heather marched in and in perfect handwriting wrote names and date. In the middle of the night I kept looking at the white board at the date. It looked like she had written Feb. 29th (it was Jan 29th). I knew that couldn't be. Nurse Heather would not have made that kind of mistake. Come daylight, much to my surprise, nurse Heather had in fact made that kind of mistake. Astonishing. Day two when I stopped being sick the staff had a miraculous transformation. They were suddenly quite funny. The evening Nurse Dat (yes that was his name) started joking with Jeff and by the end of the evening he had everyone laughing. Nurse Heather was back with her English humor at hand. In the early morning trip into the room she began admiring my glasses, moved on to my phone and landed on my IPod. She then said with her delightful British accent, “Well goodness is there anything else I could admire?” I just could NOT resist and I had to tell her about her date mistake and the fact I thought all night long, there is no way Special Forces nurse Heather could have made that mistake. We all laughed and she said, "Well that really is funny because I generally don't.” We knew that of course! I laughed so much in that 16hr period I no longer had to use the breathing machine to get the junk out of my lungs. Of course the few friends I got to see in that time frame made me laugh to. I came home in good shape.
To my knowledge no one was asked to leave the hospital!!! Seeing all of you standing there as I came out of recovery was a site. My first thought was "Oh my GOD, THEY ARE ALL HERE". It made my heart soar.
One last thing before I sign off. In case you hadn't noticed I am married to the most wonderful man on the planet. He has been unwavering in his strength, tenderness, compassion and LOVE. I am sure you noticed. Words cannot describe how I feel about this man.
OH and you have to know, Cole went down Aunt Jani and Uncle Brent's laundry shoot yesterday. Head first. Yep, head first. Did he mean to? Jani doesn't think so. Jeff and I aren't so sure. He is fine but it did shake him for a couple of minutes.
My love and thanks to you all,
Mary
“My first thought was ‘Oh my GOD, THEY ARE ALL HERE’. “
“….I am married to the most wonderful man on the planet.”
“OH and you have to know, Cole went down Aunt Jani and Uncle Brent's laundry shoot yesterday. Head first.”
Good Morning Everyone,
I am Home! It is good to be here. We returned home yesterday about noon. I stayed in the hospital an extra night due to the anesthesia and pain meds they had me on. My system didn't like either. I am 100% better than I was. I am not experiencing much pain at all, mostly discomfort at the tightness in my chest. Lying down is also awkward. I have managed to go about 36 hrs without any pain meds. We are on the right track. I seem to have gadgets everywhere (one being my IPod so it isn't all bad) but it is temporary.
I only had my Sentinel Lymph Nodes removed. No large group had to come out. The pathology report won't be back until Mon or Tues. We see the surgeon on Mon afternoon and she hopes to have the report by then.
We were treated very well at the hospital. The first night in the room the hospital staff was very kind and efficient. The night nurse (Heather) and NA were like a military Special Forces team. They swooped in, got the job done and disappeared. The nurse was British to the hilt, including the WHITE nurse’s dress with WHITE stockings and WHITE shoes. She only lacked the WHITE hat. She and nursing assistant were VERY SERIOUS about their jobs. When they change shifts someone comes in and writes the names of the new nurse and NA on the white board along with the date. Heather marched in and in perfect handwriting wrote names and date. In the middle of the night I kept looking at the white board at the date. It looked like she had written Feb. 29th (it was Jan 29th). I knew that couldn't be. Nurse Heather would not have made that kind of mistake. Come daylight, much to my surprise, nurse Heather had in fact made that kind of mistake. Astonishing. Day two when I stopped being sick the staff had a miraculous transformation. They were suddenly quite funny. The evening Nurse Dat (yes that was his name) started joking with Jeff and by the end of the evening he had everyone laughing. Nurse Heather was back with her English humor at hand. In the early morning trip into the room she began admiring my glasses, moved on to my phone and landed on my IPod. She then said with her delightful British accent, “Well goodness is there anything else I could admire?” I just could NOT resist and I had to tell her about her date mistake and the fact I thought all night long, there is no way Special Forces nurse Heather could have made that mistake. We all laughed and she said, "Well that really is funny because I generally don't.” We knew that of course! I laughed so much in that 16hr period I no longer had to use the breathing machine to get the junk out of my lungs. Of course the few friends I got to see in that time frame made me laugh to. I came home in good shape.
To my knowledge no one was asked to leave the hospital!!! Seeing all of you standing there as I came out of recovery was a site. My first thought was "Oh my GOD, THEY ARE ALL HERE". It made my heart soar.
One last thing before I sign off. In case you hadn't noticed I am married to the most wonderful man on the planet. He has been unwavering in his strength, tenderness, compassion and LOVE. I am sure you noticed. Words cannot describe how I feel about this man.
OH and you have to know, Cole went down Aunt Jani and Uncle Brent's laundry shoot yesterday. Head first. Yep, head first. Did he mean to? Jani doesn't think so. Jeff and I aren't so sure. He is fine but it did shake him for a couple of minutes.
My love and thanks to you all,
Mary
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