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My husband has had his surgery. He came through it with flying colors, until he had 2 seizures in the recovery room.

The doctors decided to keep him for observation. So, around 6 pm he finally got a room and I was able to join him. He got a little sleep, but it was rough since he was having cramps and nausea. I tried to help through the night with getting him clear fluids and jello. He was craving coffee of course. He has drunk the stuff since he was 4 years old.

Since I was not at home, I could not use my breathing machines to sleep. (I have severe sleep apnea). I might get 5 minutes, but then awake with my heart racing and a very light headed feeling. We kept waiting until the doctors came in and even then they were not sure about him going home. Evidently they were not sure if the seizures were as a result of the medicine from the anesthesia, or were a sign of something else.

When they kept giving him physical tests about coordination, it finally sank in that they were making sure that he had not had a clot, or stroke. Finally they figured out that it was all of the stress that he’d had over the last two months from the beginning of November.

They gave us the good news that he could go home, and we went home. After 35 hours without any proper sleep, I was grumpy and a little punch drunk. God was good and we made it home and finally to our very own lumpy bed. YAHOO ! We had our life back.

Through this happening, I learned that caffein and cheddar cheese are my friends. Did I mention a little punch drunk? snicker…..

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While I am waiting, I wonder how people will be notified about someone who is done with their surgery.

I do not know if they will use call center outsourcing, paging, personal contact, PA announcements, or your guess is as good as mine. We have been to the Day Surgery Unit before, for both of us. I went to have an umbilical hernia repaired, he went to have an inguinal hernia repaired. Both times the repair worked and there was no more trouble with the operation site.

This time, they will use lasers to do what is needed. They call it tissue vaporization. EWW At least i know that he will be under full anesthesia while this is going on. He isn’t the only one who is getting nervous.

I have noticed that if it was something for myself, I do not feel as concerned as I do for someone else in the same situation. I hope that does not mean that I am weird, though.

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