happy healthy hippy
A blog following my Triple Pelvic Osteotomy in January 2016
Well I am officially on "the other side" hooray!! I'm feeling so overwhelmed now I've woken up properly. I came to HDU from the recovery room about 1pm and it's took me until around 6pm to feel normal-ish. When I came round, one of the first thing I said was I'm hungry. Me all over! Haha. I told the nurse I felt sick but wasn't sure if it's cause I've not eaten so she brought me some toast and a sick bowl. Obviously the toast was what I needed but it did take me two hours to eat it all!!
I've also devoured sausage and mash for tea. I laughed when they told me what was coming. It's my favourite meal. What are the chances?! I'm feeling so happy and relieved. Ive just burst into tears when I read all my messages on my phone. My heart rate shot up on the monitor and a nurse ran over to see what was up! Andy, my family, and friends are truly amazing! I feel overwhelmed with all the love today. Even from all the other hippys on the Facebook group- so many strangers wishing me luck last night and this morning, it was strangely comforting. I just kept telling myself, if all these people can do this, so can I! They are more like friends now, people that understand me and I can divulge to! I'll just fill you in what happened earlier for those that are interested. This morning was over in a flash. I hardly slept, probably got about 2 hours but as soon as I got up, I was wide awake with adrenalin! It was snowing this morning in Birmingham which gave me a good feeling. It was snowing the day I was born so I saw it as a positive sign (I've definitely found my spiritual side the past 6 months haha!) I also had on my Irish lucky socks off Andys mum for positive vibes :) I arrived at the hospital at 7.30 and was in the admissions unit by 8am. They let mum stay with me. I had some general medical checks (blood pressure etc) and the anaesthetist came round. He was lovely and very calm, clearly experienced. I told him all I wanted was not to wake up during the surgery (he succeeded!) and for the epidural to do its job (the nurse said a few hours ago after doing a sensation check that my epidural is working fantastic and it's numbed me up to T8 - for the physios reading - which is just past my belly button!) So he did his bit perfectly as requested ha ha! Anyway... then Mr McBryde came round and told me he'd done 3 triple pelvic osteotomys (TPO) last week and they all went great and he expects mine to go the same way. This should have put me at ease but my heart began racing when he said I'd be in the theatre in half an hour. The time soon came, I was escorted into the anaesthetic room. Mum had to leave. I surprisingly didn't cry and stayed calm on the outside despite panic setting in on the inside. I sat on the edge of the bed with my feet on a stool and had to slump down so they could place the epidural. I was given some sedation to relax me for this bit. I remember telling them I didn't feel any different but thinking back now it obviously did the trick as I wasn't at all bothered about a needle being inserted into my spine (eurgh!) and just did as I was told. Then I lay down and remember someone saying I was being given some strong painkillers and that's it! I woke up in recovery feeling very dazed and exhausted. Fast forward 7 hours and I'm feeling medically well and generally comfortable. My right hip feels awkwardly tight and I can't (or don't want to?!) move my leg. The epidural is clearly still working and is apparently staying in for another day or two. I pray my pain stays under control but I'm expecting an increase when I have to do moving of any kind!! I'm hoping I get a good nights sleep tonight because I'm so tired now especially after writing this long account! I'm having some slow releasing morphine soon so that should help. Thank you to everyone for all the well wishes. I love you all! Andrea X (I wanted to post this quote this morning but everything happened so fast. Thank you to one of my best friends, Emma for the picture below!)
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Hannah
15/1/2016 22:00:31
What a lovely post. Congrats on getting through it Rea!! 😘😘😘
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Becci
16/1/2016 15:03:22
Well done Andrea. Very brave, wishing you a speedy recovery!! Xx
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