Surgery Day

Kynee is off to school & I feel as if I'm dying of thirst! I know this is only in my head because I'm not allowed to have anything to eat or drink. Normally I would be sipping on a nice hot cup of coffee about now ;-)
I have a little over an hour before I need to get in the shower & get ready to head to Avera Hospital in Marshall MN where I'm having the surgery done.
I'm hoping we've got enough time to stop at Shopko because they called & my new eyeglasses have come in!!!
Already over half an hour late getting to the hospital to check in--nothing like adding to the stress just a little bit lol! So much for picking up my new eyeglasses eh?!
Tiara, Mykahl, Marisa & myself came in Risa's car. Jamie, Emily & my mom met us there.
Got this awesome lavender hospital gown on & my iv in. Ready to go!!!
I've met several of the anesthesia team and have decided to have the shoulder block & the general anesthesia. Here comes Amber with more of the 'happy juice' so the shoulder block shot part won't be so rough (ty Ty Ty-Amber!)
Oh my goodness, I came awake with panicked feeling sure I was having some kind of cardiac episode there was just so much pressure in my chest! I felt my eyes darting around the room & knew Marisa wasn't in the room. All I could think was I wasn't going to see her before I died. They were calling for an EKG & a draw for labs.
Then one of the anesthealogists from earlier was talking directly to me by my ear. She said she was sure the pressure I was feeling was just from the procedure to unfreeze the shoulder & the block they put in. They were doing the EKG & labs for safety since I have the BAV. Made me feel better & turned out she was right!  Jamie & Emily went to pick up my pain meds while I was in post op/recovery.
It's now 9:45pm. I just arrived home & changed into a nice really big button-up  "big shirt" since they recommend avoiding over the head types for the first few days.
Start working those pendulum arm swings-slow & easy tomorrow lol!!!
Thanks Avera Marshall Hospital you guys were great!

Out-Patient Surgery in the Morning

In a few hours I'll get up, shower & dress to go get my my shoulder fixed up by Dr Kemp at Avera Marshall Hospital in Marshall MN. It had to be postponed 2 Wks until I could get cardiac clearance from my cardiologist in Sioux Falls, Dr Clark at Sanford Cardiovascular Institute.
I am SO excited at the idea of being able to change the burnt out lightbulbs in my kitchen you just have no idea!!! It gets really crazy not being able to straighten your arm all the way. The things you learn how to do one armed...
But mostly I Will be happy to be rid of this pain that keeps me awake or stabs me for no reason at all.
Let me get back to strengthening & stretching all the other things I can't fix & must just "live with" due to blown discs, loss cartridge, arthritis, fibromyalgia, disc degenerative disease,... Hahahaha you get the picture
Have a great day & hopefully I'll see you after the surgery...Renae

Surgery Delays & Stressors

I was all set to have my shoulder fixed on Monday, October 15, when I received an unexpected call from the hospital saying we had to postpone. Apparently the anesthesialogist was not happy with my presurgery ekg. I've always had what they've called an "abnormally normal" ekg for me but this didn't match. He said I needed another stress test & an angiogram. Now I'm waiting to hear back from Tracy, Dr Clark's nurse. He's my cardiologist at Sanford Cardiovascular Institute in Sioux Falls SD. That is also where I just had the nuclear stress test last month (9/3/2012). I need to find out what he says I need to have "cardiac clearance". I have an appointment already scheduled to see him on Nov 5 but I'd like to get back on the surgery schedule before that.
Plus I'm hoping to get put under to have 15 teeth pulled at once but all of that is now in limbo.
I just found out last night that my grandpa Mapes had a major stroke a couple weeks ago just as my mom & my sister, Jamie were leaving on vacation to New York. I'm really glad they had a wonderful time because things have been rough for my mom since they've gotten back.
Rest time. Renae