I promised myself that this blog would be more than me just complaining, but I would like to start out by saying this is quite possibly the worst day of my entire life. I'm swollen; my ears, nose, and throat hurt; I'm bleeding and drooling; and I'm just generally uncomfortable.
Yesterday I got up at 4:00 a.m. and made it to the hospital around 5. Me and my mother went back to a room and I got in my purple gown for surgery. A lady injected me with Lidocaine and put in my IV and put this tube in my gown that made it all warm. I liked it.
Yesterday I got up at 4:00 a.m. and made it to the hospital around 5. Me and my mother went back to a room and I got in my purple gown for surgery. A lady injected me with Lidocaine and put in my IV and put this tube in my gown that made it all warm. I liked it.
At some point my dad came back and she taped up my hair in a towel.
My awesome pastor came by at around 6 and we all prayed together. Al Roker and Paula Dean were right across the street, too, so we watched them on T.V. a little while. A lady wheeled me out of the room and had me say goodbye to everybody, and I don't have a clue what happened after that. The next thing I remember was somebody putting me in a different gown and bed in recovery. Seriously, I don't even slightly remember anything else of the next few hours except going to the bathroom every five minutes and throwing up on myself. I got bloody vomit all over the bed too, so I got up for a few minutes. At some point I took this picture of myself.
My oh, so comfortable ice packs and oxygen mask.
It looks pretty bad right now, but my nose looks cuter and my chin is about half the size it was before the procedure. The rest of the day and night is really just a blur of waking up and falling back asleep a few times an hour. My nurse came in and started getting me ready at about 5:00 a.m. and we left the hospital at around 6. The ride home was pretty rough, but I survived.
Since then I've napped off and on and tried to take all my medicines, but I'm having trouble swallowing. My tongue is huge and it hurts my ears and head when I try to swallow. My antibiotics aren't too bad, but my Lortab really burns when it goes down. I'd been avoiding taking it, but finally my pain got bad enough that I started crying, which hurt worse than the burning medicine, so I eventually took it.
I would have to say that one of the worst parts about this is that my feeling is starting to come back in patches and those patches tingle and constantly feel wet, so that's very disorienting.
I guess that's all that I can think of right now, so here are my pictures from today.
Since then I've napped off and on and tried to take all my medicines, but I'm having trouble swallowing. My tongue is huge and it hurts my ears and head when I try to swallow. My antibiotics aren't too bad, but my Lortab really burns when it goes down. I'd been avoiding taking it, but finally my pain got bad enough that I started crying, which hurt worse than the burning medicine, so I eventually took it.
I would have to say that one of the worst parts about this is that my feeling is starting to come back in patches and those patches tingle and constantly feel wet, so that's very disorienting.
I guess that's all that I can think of right now, so here are my pictures from today.
My lovely attempt at a smile.
¡Hasta mañana!
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