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!

Busy Day

I saw my Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr Kemp today at Avera Marshall in Marshall MN. I Will be having my outpatient surgery on my left shoulder there on October 15th. He has the nicest nurse. Her name is Ethanie. Isn't that a cool name? I'd never come across it before. It takes about 4-6 total for the procedure [1hr prep/1 1/2hr surgery/1 1/2-3hrs recovery depending on how quickly you come around etc]. 7 yrs ago when I had my rt shoulder done it didn't take me very long to be up & about to go home. Also went by HyVee which is pitched as my "friendly, helpful neighborhood" store & they were most definitely not what I would consider neighborly or helpful. I received a $6.00 check from my Rx insurance because I had overpaid my copay to the pharmacy (which happens to be at HyVee) & I just wanted to cash it to pick up more scripts without driving 30 miles in the opposite direction from my house than Marshall to cash this ck. It was so frustrating! Fortunately I had enough change in my purse to pick up one I really needed. Seriously thinking about changing all my scripts to Coburns in Pipestone they're always nice & have been very helpful with last few questions we've had. Had the best eyeglasses technician at Shopko this afternoon who made picking out new eyeglasses entirely pain free! they Will be here in 7-10 days!!! My eyes are very excited ;-) I am exhausted & must crash-until next time, Renae