This is a pretty light hearted post but whose ever idea was it to have things itch when they are healing!
I feel like my staples are going to drive me up the wall...its all I can do not to itch them!
My hubby actually found me watching TV rubbing my hand on them and told me I was worse then a dog! HAHA. I didn't even realize I was scratching at them but man they are extremely irritating! I'm starting to feel much like a dog who might have fleas! Those poor animals and what they have to go threw! Hey if your dog has fleas...yes you...please treat them for me:) Much appreciated!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Newest update - Pressure
Things have been going great, over the last few days my body has been building so much energy and allowing me to maneuver a bit more each day, I was feeling great!!
Until Feb 24th, when I started to get a slight headache, felt like I had pressure from a cold coming on so I decided I was going to lay down and nap but when I awoke from nap time I had lost most hearing in my left ear and was experiencing alot of pressure behind my eyes, ears, and nose! It was truly unbearable and left me exhausted and in bed the rest of the evening!
The next morning was relatively the same but I had lost almost complete hearing in my left ear and my right ear was starting to get stuffy, along with a little blur in my left eye(right eye is my hurt one). Calling the doctor at this point seemed like a must! After a very long morning trying to get into the doctor we got an apt set up for Monday morning with the neurosurgeon and we went to the family doctor today. We found out that there is alot of pressure built up behind my ears causing fluid and my ear drums to sink in which is causing the ear loss. The doctor said that if the pressure in my ears and especially eyes get worse we will need to get to the ER immediately and they will take further action of sending me to Springfield.
I am having a hard couple of days, I cant believe how hard it is to have little hearing and vision! It effects everything! I am experiencing new feeling towards deaf and blind people even tho I am no were near that I admire what they go threw on a daily basis! What strong people they must all be!! I feel blessed that this is all that is going wrong there are so many things I have to be thankful for right now!
Until Feb 24th, when I started to get a slight headache, felt like I had pressure from a cold coming on so I decided I was going to lay down and nap but when I awoke from nap time I had lost most hearing in my left ear and was experiencing alot of pressure behind my eyes, ears, and nose! It was truly unbearable and left me exhausted and in bed the rest of the evening!
The next morning was relatively the same but I had lost almost complete hearing in my left ear and my right ear was starting to get stuffy, along with a little blur in my left eye(right eye is my hurt one). Calling the doctor at this point seemed like a must! After a very long morning trying to get into the doctor we got an apt set up for Monday morning with the neurosurgeon and we went to the family doctor today. We found out that there is alot of pressure built up behind my ears causing fluid and my ear drums to sink in which is causing the ear loss. The doctor said that if the pressure in my ears and especially eyes get worse we will need to get to the ER immediately and they will take further action of sending me to Springfield.
I am having a hard couple of days, I cant believe how hard it is to have little hearing and vision! It effects everything! I am experiencing new feeling towards deaf and blind people even tho I am no were near that I admire what they go threw on a daily basis! What strong people they must all be!! I feel blessed that this is all that is going wrong there are so many things I have to be thankful for right now!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The Famous "EYE"
You all have heard alot of talk about the famous eye issues Ive been having, I thought I would explain it a little more in depth so you all understand a little better.
I woke up from surgery, with the worst pain I had ever felt but not from the back of my head from my eye! The pain was worse then labor, surgery pain, and all the in between it was so intense I couldn't open my eyes(both) at all so I lived in couple darkness for days after the surgery and so did my parents and hubby(I feel so sorry for them)!! We had many doctors, nurses, anesthesiologist, and eye doctors look at my eye, then they prescribed me an extra dose of pain medicine and eye drops...they all had no clue what it was except they believed it was a scratch due to having my eye open during surgery...later we would find out they DID know what it was!!
On the day I was released from the hospital the pain from my eye was almost completely gone and I could open both eyes, still with little vision but it was definitely a step up! This was a gift from GOD!
We had a apt with Dr. Kay, Today, Tuesday Feb 22nd at 7:40am. After 6days after my surgery and I still have yet to regain vision in the eye(well I can see shapes and colors-but not defined edges and letters etc)the hubby and I really wanted answers! Since the right eye is my dominate eye and this is the eye that is hurt it makes life very difficult most days...I feel very sea sick all day, its difficult to move, walk and talk, even type, read, and alot of other issues!
Dr Kay studied to be a neurologist - which we were very surprised about, he knew all about my surgery a due to this fact and what they had to do and what caused my eye issues. They dropped some dye into my eye and there was no scratches or irritation that he could see they even brought in a second guy to look at it and nothing was there. There was nothing wrong with my eye, but I cant see out of it!? What is going on!? I just don't understand! This is were is was great that he studied to be a neurologist because he was able to explain the surgery and how if to much pressure is built up on one side of the brain(ex.left side of the brain would effect the right eye, etc.) during the decompression, you will lose your eye sight on the other side of your head. Dr Kay has seen a couple cases like mine and they are completely blind in the eye, he said since I did not lose my vision there is a chance it will recover which he is praying for but if it doesn't I will never receive it back and there will be nothing he can do to help like contacts, or glasses since its a neurological issue. He words were I am lucky to be alive, and this is all that the surgery effected.
All surgeries have risks and etc so I am not one bit mad at the doctors for my eye issues, I am upset because there is a chance that it will never recover and I am worried I will have to feel like this forever, but God never gives anyone something they cant handle...so I'm OK with it and calm, so far God has keep me away from walking into 90 percent of the walls and doors and I haven't had any serious issues due to my eye. So far the surgery has been a success, So as of now I am thankful for the life I live and the people I get to share it with!! Thank you all for all the prayers! We had a rough couple of days and then one night at 3am something switched and things turned for the positive! Thank you all!!WE LOVE YOU!
I woke up from surgery, with the worst pain I had ever felt but not from the back of my head from my eye! The pain was worse then labor, surgery pain, and all the in between it was so intense I couldn't open my eyes(both) at all so I lived in couple darkness for days after the surgery and so did my parents and hubby(I feel so sorry for them)!! We had many doctors, nurses, anesthesiologist, and eye doctors look at my eye, then they prescribed me an extra dose of pain medicine and eye drops...they all had no clue what it was except they believed it was a scratch due to having my eye open during surgery...later we would find out they DID know what it was!!
On the day I was released from the hospital the pain from my eye was almost completely gone and I could open both eyes, still with little vision but it was definitely a step up! This was a gift from GOD!
We had a apt with Dr. Kay, Today, Tuesday Feb 22nd at 7:40am. After 6days after my surgery and I still have yet to regain vision in the eye(well I can see shapes and colors-but not defined edges and letters etc)the hubby and I really wanted answers! Since the right eye is my dominate eye and this is the eye that is hurt it makes life very difficult most days...I feel very sea sick all day, its difficult to move, walk and talk, even type, read, and alot of other issues!
Dr Kay studied to be a neurologist - which we were very surprised about, he knew all about my surgery a due to this fact and what they had to do and what caused my eye issues. They dropped some dye into my eye and there was no scratches or irritation that he could see they even brought in a second guy to look at it and nothing was there. There was nothing wrong with my eye, but I cant see out of it!? What is going on!? I just don't understand! This is were is was great that he studied to be a neurologist because he was able to explain the surgery and how if to much pressure is built up on one side of the brain(ex.left side of the brain would effect the right eye, etc.) during the decompression, you will lose your eye sight on the other side of your head. Dr Kay has seen a couple cases like mine and they are completely blind in the eye, he said since I did not lose my vision there is a chance it will recover which he is praying for but if it doesn't I will never receive it back and there will be nothing he can do to help like contacts, or glasses since its a neurological issue. He words were I am lucky to be alive, and this is all that the surgery effected.
All surgeries have risks and etc so I am not one bit mad at the doctors for my eye issues, I am upset because there is a chance that it will never recover and I am worried I will have to feel like this forever, but God never gives anyone something they cant handle...so I'm OK with it and calm, so far God has keep me away from walking into 90 percent of the walls and doors and I haven't had any serious issues due to my eye. So far the surgery has been a success, So as of now I am thankful for the life I live and the people I get to share it with!! Thank you all for all the prayers! We had a rough couple of days and then one night at 3am something switched and things turned for the positive! Thank you all!!WE LOVE YOU!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Surgery day
Barely any nerves and only hours til the surgery...I got up around 3:30am and did my hair, makeup, and got all beautified! In know...I know... but I was extremely bored and my hubby was sleeping! So I got all ready in the dark and then laid in bed til 4:45 til it was time to wake the husband for the days adventure!
5am we are a little late to surgery...how could I ever have guess that! I'm married a man that is late for everything!!! We finally arrived at St. Johns Hospital in Springfield, IL for the surgery (with my parents joining us) we all visited until it was time to go up to the surgical floor!
Around 5:30 we got called up to the Surgical floor and brought into a room were we had to sit til 7:30 til we saw anybody that was anybody! We meet with nurses and doctors, and more nurses, and admissions registrations, and more doctors until I was finally all IV'd up and until they had all the information they needed! This was it! It was TIME! Oh boy was I still ok...wait a minute "aren't I supposed to be freaking out and nervous because if I am I'm not!"
The adventure began I was wheeled back by two really nice nurses, whom we all share the same month birthdays lol...a bit random I know! Any who, one nurse was a guy and he had the most gorgeous eyes! These blue eyes that had huge dark lining on the outside and inside and he never left me eye sight he was the last thing/person I saw, very calming(I think GOD knew I needed it) THANK YOU!
What must have been hours later...I remember waking in a freezing cold room with alot of other people moaning and crying for pain pills.(must be a huge room for surgical patients) I was stuck there in severe pain with no voice and strapped to a bed and I couldn't open my eyes due to extreme eye pain! I cried and cried until I must have made my blood pressure drop because within seconds there where tons of hands on me and voices, and I could hear them calling my hubby and telling them I would be going to ICU - 5or6 hours after being stuck in that room I finally got admitted into the ICU!!! I still couldn't see or control my pain, I slept what seemed like days and don't remember to much of anything except some random parts of people talking! The next day after surgery was about the same, miserable, painful, partially blind, and sick to my stomach! I will try to get another post up soon but this one has taken me most of the day to get up so be patient with me:)
If you scroll down to the bottom of the page there is a picture of my incision sight 2 days after surgery! Got to keep most my hair!
5am we are a little late to surgery...how could I ever have guess that! I'm married a man that is late for everything!!! We finally arrived at St. Johns Hospital in Springfield, IL for the surgery (with my parents joining us) we all visited until it was time to go up to the surgical floor!
Around 5:30 we got called up to the Surgical floor and brought into a room were we had to sit til 7:30 til we saw anybody that was anybody! We meet with nurses and doctors, and more nurses, and admissions registrations, and more doctors until I was finally all IV'd up and until they had all the information they needed! This was it! It was TIME! Oh boy was I still ok...wait a minute "aren't I supposed to be freaking out and nervous because if I am I'm not!"
The adventure began I was wheeled back by two really nice nurses, whom we all share the same month birthdays lol...a bit random I know! Any who, one nurse was a guy and he had the most gorgeous eyes! These blue eyes that had huge dark lining on the outside and inside and he never left me eye sight he was the last thing/person I saw, very calming(I think GOD knew I needed it) THANK YOU!
What must have been hours later...I remember waking in a freezing cold room with alot of other people moaning and crying for pain pills.(must be a huge room for surgical patients) I was stuck there in severe pain with no voice and strapped to a bed and I couldn't open my eyes due to extreme eye pain! I cried and cried until I must have made my blood pressure drop because within seconds there where tons of hands on me and voices, and I could hear them calling my hubby and telling them I would be going to ICU - 5or6 hours after being stuck in that room I finally got admitted into the ICU!!! I still couldn't see or control my pain, I slept what seemed like days and don't remember to much of anything except some random parts of people talking! The next day after surgery was about the same, miserable, painful, partially blind, and sick to my stomach! I will try to get another post up soon but this one has taken me most of the day to get up so be patient with me:)
If you scroll down to the bottom of the page there is a picture of my incision sight 2 days after surgery! Got to keep most my hair!
Pre-op
So on Tuesday Feb 15th we drove down to Springfield for our pre admissions apt(which was pointless)! They make you drive 2 hours down there and then you only have 3 blood samples and a urine sample!! Ridiculous, the hubby and I were left with hours to do until hotel check in and sun down!! WHAT TO DO!
Well since the previous day was Valentines day and we didn't celebrate it we decided that we would just for something to do. This was the first night without both kids EVER so we decided we are going to celebrate Valentines day! We started the night out with me getting a facial and makeover at the spa down there..I fell so in love with bare escentuals I decided that was my bday present to myself this year(I purchased the starter kit)!! YAY!
Anyway the night was kinda a blur we went to numerous shops and stores and bought things we never thought we would need, along with NEW shoes this is the only shopping I love to do... I love shoes! Then we moved along to dinner,drinks and more shopping! This was the best most relaxing evening ever! We wanted it to be perfect and something we have never down so we drove and visited a couple stores downtown(amazing) and a candy store. We were going to do the romantic thing like Ice skating, strawberries and wine, but I felt it was rather boring to not be out and about the night before my surgery(plus I was worried Id fall and end up hurting the next day even worse) So we ended up shopping and having a fantastic time! What a great husband I have! I feel so blessed!
Now sleep was very little this night...we sat in the hotel room for hours and tried to wear out nothing worked so around midnight or so my hubby started snoring so I decided to play tricks on him! This is what happens when you fall asleep before the surgery victim(oh and true love ha ha)!
Anyway, I finally fell sleep but woke up every 15 minutes til around 3am when I couldn't get to sleep so I got up did my hair, makeup, etc(like you really need to look good for surgery) Continued to Surgery day post....
Well since the previous day was Valentines day and we didn't celebrate it we decided that we would just for something to do. This was the first night without both kids EVER so we decided we are going to celebrate Valentines day! We started the night out with me getting a facial and makeover at the spa down there..I fell so in love with bare escentuals I decided that was my bday present to myself this year(I purchased the starter kit)!! YAY!
Anyway the night was kinda a blur we went to numerous shops and stores and bought things we never thought we would need, along with NEW shoes this is the only shopping I love to do... I love shoes! Then we moved along to dinner,drinks and more shopping! This was the best most relaxing evening ever! We wanted it to be perfect and something we have never down so we drove and visited a couple stores downtown(amazing) and a candy store. We were going to do the romantic thing like Ice skating, strawberries and wine, but I felt it was rather boring to not be out and about the night before my surgery(plus I was worried Id fall and end up hurting the next day even worse) So we ended up shopping and having a fantastic time! What a great husband I have! I feel so blessed!
Now sleep was very little this night...we sat in the hotel room for hours and tried to wear out nothing worked so around midnight or so my hubby started snoring so I decided to play tricks on him! This is what happens when you fall asleep before the surgery victim(oh and true love ha ha)!
Anyway, I finally fell sleep but woke up every 15 minutes til around 3am when I couldn't get to sleep so I got up did my hair, makeup, etc(like you really need to look good for surgery) Continued to Surgery day post....
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Countdown!
The countdown is on...we will be leaving for our adventure on Tuesday.
I am so blessed to have such a wonderful support team, family, friends, etc...I appreciate you all so much for everything you guys are doing! Thank you all so much! I truly am blessed!
The nerves haven't set in yet...Ive been so busy getting everything ready....I have confided me and the kids to the house till it gets finished! Who knew there was so much to do and get ready, just to go away for a couple days! A tiny bit overwhelming! To all you vacationers out there I give kudos to you all!
The countdown is on only a couple days til Surgery and loss of hair :( Please pray I don't knock the person out shaving my head...Pray I am a "Big girl about it!"
I am so blessed to have such a wonderful support team, family, friends, etc...I appreciate you all so much for everything you guys are doing! Thank you all so much! I truly am blessed!
The nerves haven't set in yet...Ive been so busy getting everything ready....I have confided me and the kids to the house till it gets finished! Who knew there was so much to do and get ready, just to go away for a couple days! A tiny bit overwhelming! To all you vacationers out there I give kudos to you all!
The countdown is on only a couple days til Surgery and loss of hair :( Please pray I don't knock the person out shaving my head...Pray I am a "Big girl about it!"
Does it make me wierd
Does it make me wierd if I worry more about them saving my hair and being bored after the surgery then the actual surgery? Im actually afraid I might throw a fit and cry like a baby when they try to shave it off.
Friday, February 4, 2011
12 days til surgery!
Wow 12 days til the surgery and my nerves are already shot! I am so anxious for the surgery to get here and to get it out of the way! I am full of mixed emotions right now due to a awesome last couple of days! I have had 5 days with barely any migraine, pain, or sleep! Maybe the lack of sleep is keeping my brain fresh:) Heck if I know but for some reason it has been an awesome 5 days in which my house is almost completely clean and organized! It must be God's way of telling me to do what needs to be done and leave the rest to him! Leave my worries behind and trust in him!
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