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Surgery
7:35AM: Anna and I got to the hospital and Anna registered at 6:45AM as scheduled. Then we got dropped into the waiting room and sat around a while. They called for her about 15 minutes ago and took her in to the prep area; I'll see her again before surgery - they'll come and get me before they put her under - but I don't know exactly when. They're supposed to operate at around 8:30.
8:30AM: They just wheeled Anna into the operating room and chased me out to the waiting area. She'll be under general for this, like for her two thyroid surgeries, but unlike last fall's previous breast cancer surgery. It should take an hour to 90 minutes, almost certainly just the hour. The anesthesiologist gave her some sort of heavy-duty anti-anxiety drug the name of which I forget; I asked if he had any sample packs and said "thing is, I have to use this needle" and I said "...unfortunate" and he laughed. He's Dr. Rodriguez, which made me think of Mexican movies about guitar players and shotguns.
9:26AM: Almost an hour. Now you get antsy. Or I do.
9:42AM: Surgeon came out, said things went fine; the tissue was "a little beat up" which I kind of take to mean "moreso than usual" but given three biopsies and an earlier partial mastectomy and radiation I'm not exactly surprised. He'd hoped to take out the previous incision site and scar but couldn't get all of it so she'll have some of that left. She's in the recovery room on a lot of pain meds and wrapped up pretty heavily and he'll come and get me in another hour.
10:50AM: Going to see Anna now.
11:30AM: We're the Silver wing in room 6068, which is a four-person room but Anna's the only on in it for the moment. It's a room with nurse's desk for patients who need constant supervisory care, but the private and semi-private rooms with sleeping areas for people overnighting (e.g. me) are full right now; they're hoping to move her over later. They've got a bandage on that's really huge and is kinda breast-shaped you can't actually tell she's had the mastectomy, which I presume is intentional. Anna's fallen asleep already with my Kerochan plushy.
1:25PM: Anna's been moved to a private room, Silver 6062. It has its own phone number but I'm not sure how useful that is since we'll be out (barring complications) tomorrow morning. The little leg-massage machine stopped working between the previous room in this one and they had to swap it out; that was strange. Anna's used the bathroom, which is important after general anesthesia, and didn't feel dizzy getting up and walking the six or eight feet in question. She's currently eating a little tub of jello before taking another nap, and just also used the pain meds machine for the first time because she started feeling some ache, and you want to keep ahead of the pain curve.
2:56PM: Not actually anything new to report really; they've added an antibiotic drip as standard procedure. She's just finished a little cup of chocolate pudding, too, and wants a book; I'm about to get it.
3:26PM: I brought Anna's computer up from the car, so you might see a post or something from her soon. She's still on painkillers but seems pretty coherent, if tired.
19:38: There wasn't much to update for a while so I didn't; she's asleep again, after eating normal dinner, which is all pretty good. Now she's asleep again. Every so often she has REM sleep and twitches a little, like the cats.
8:30AM: They just wheeled Anna into the operating room and chased me out to the waiting area. She'll be under general for this, like for her two thyroid surgeries, but unlike last fall's previous breast cancer surgery. It should take an hour to 90 minutes, almost certainly just the hour. The anesthesiologist gave her some sort of heavy-duty anti-anxiety drug the name of which I forget; I asked if he had any sample packs and said "thing is, I have to use this needle" and I said "...unfortunate" and he laughed. He's Dr. Rodriguez, which made me think of Mexican movies about guitar players and shotguns.
9:26AM: Almost an hour. Now you get antsy. Or I do.
9:42AM: Surgeon came out, said things went fine; the tissue was "a little beat up" which I kind of take to mean "moreso than usual" but given three biopsies and an earlier partial mastectomy and radiation I'm not exactly surprised. He'd hoped to take out the previous incision site and scar but couldn't get all of it so she'll have some of that left. She's in the recovery room on a lot of pain meds and wrapped up pretty heavily and he'll come and get me in another hour.
10:50AM: Going to see Anna now.
11:30AM: We're the Silver wing in room 6068, which is a four-person room but Anna's the only on in it for the moment. It's a room with nurse's desk for patients who need constant supervisory care, but the private and semi-private rooms with sleeping areas for people overnighting (e.g. me) are full right now; they're hoping to move her over later. They've got a bandage on that's really huge and is kinda breast-shaped you can't actually tell she's had the mastectomy, which I presume is intentional. Anna's fallen asleep already with my Kerochan plushy.
1:25PM: Anna's been moved to a private room, Silver 6062. It has its own phone number but I'm not sure how useful that is since we'll be out (barring complications) tomorrow morning. The little leg-massage machine stopped working between the previous room in this one and they had to swap it out; that was strange. Anna's used the bathroom, which is important after general anesthesia, and didn't feel dizzy getting up and walking the six or eight feet in question. She's currently eating a little tub of jello before taking another nap, and just also used the pain meds machine for the first time because she started feeling some ache, and you want to keep ahead of the pain curve.
2:56PM: Not actually anything new to report really; they've added an antibiotic drip as standard procedure. She's just finished a little cup of chocolate pudding, too, and wants a book; I'm about to get it.
3:26PM: I brought Anna's computer up from the car, so you might see a post or something from her soon. She's still on painkillers but seems pretty coherent, if tired.
19:38: There wasn't much to update for a while so I didn't; she's asleep again, after eating normal dinner, which is all pretty good. Now she's asleep again. Every so often she has REM sleep and twitches a little, like the cats.
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I hope and pray that her surgery goes quickly and smoothly and that the surgeons eradicate every last speck of cancer. She's been through enough already.
*hugs* I know this isn't going to be an easy morning for you. But for what it's worth, you're in my thoughts.
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Rodriguez, eh? nickname Slowpoke? :)
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I'm so happy you guys had a great time playing this weekend (I usually on my f-read everything even if I don't always comment) and I really wish her a speedy recovery and you two a trouble free life from here on out!!!
Y'all have had more than enough character-building experiences; time for the powers that be to let you get on to well-earned enjoyment. =)
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i sent manymanymanymany good/happy/healing thoughts your way. Thru the ISP
:-D
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Glad she made it through the surgery okay. Hope you're both hanging in there.
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I'm so happy things went fine! Give her my best wishes when she wakes.
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Cathy
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(Anonymous) 2008-05-29 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)- paul
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