Well.......it's a while since I posted, but it's been weird, painful, amazing etc.
No visitors allowed at the hospital due to Covid-19 which meant Steve had to drop me off at the door.
I was taken to the elevator by a gowned and masked nurse after having sanitized my hands twice.
I waited here on my own for about 15 minutes. It was eerie to say the least.
I was taken through to a cubicle where I got gowned up ready for surgery. I was crying at this point because I was alone, but.......as soon as I started to cry, the chaplain entered to see if I needed prayer. Talk about a God thing. She was lovely and prayed with me for a while.
Felt super peaceful as I was wheeled to the waiting area for surgery. The surgeon and the anesthetist both came to talk to me and there were a couple of other people who were chatting too. I felt totally calm. I was wheeled into the operating theatre and climbed onto the table. It was amazingly soft! I was told to sit on the edge of the table because I was to have an injection in my spine to numb my lower half and then a general anesthetic to knock me out. The anesthetist was injecting something into a tube on my right and then..........well, basically nothing. I have no idea what happened next at all. I woke up in a room on the 15th floor with an IV and also a catheter (not that I noticed that straight away. It was all done!
Throughout my hospital stay......4 days.....all staff wore masks, gowns and gloves. It was slightly surreal but I was very, very grateful that the hospital was taking the precautions needed.
The food was good too - well, when I was allowed to eat again!
While in bed I had these kind of plastic gaiters on my legs. They inflated and deflated regularly and were to prevent blood clots forming. It was a bit like a massage at first, but I had to keep them on at night and that really was a bind.
The nurses in hospital were just wonderful. So caring and kind and comforting which was lovely as no visitors were allowed.
The day I left hospital, Steve had to wait in the car outside. The hospital staff were amazing and i was really ready to leave. I was lucky enough to have a doctor who did his rounds first thing in the morning, so I was ready to go just after lunch.
Steve drove me home on roads that were very light in terms of traffic because of the lockdown and the virus. When we reached home, this greeted me and made me cry! My grandchildren are the BEST!!
No visitors allowed at the hospital due to Covid-19 which meant Steve had to drop me off at the door.
I waited here on my own for about 15 minutes. It was eerie to say the least.
I was taken through to a cubicle where I got gowned up ready for surgery. I was crying at this point because I was alone, but.......as soon as I started to cry, the chaplain entered to see if I needed prayer. Talk about a God thing. She was lovely and prayed with me for a while.
Felt super peaceful as I was wheeled to the waiting area for surgery. The surgeon and the anesthetist both came to talk to me and there were a couple of other people who were chatting too. I felt totally calm. I was wheeled into the operating theatre and climbed onto the table. It was amazingly soft! I was told to sit on the edge of the table because I was to have an injection in my spine to numb my lower half and then a general anesthetic to knock me out. The anesthetist was injecting something into a tube on my right and then..........well, basically nothing. I have no idea what happened next at all. I woke up in a room on the 15th floor with an IV and also a catheter (not that I noticed that straight away. It was all done!
Throughout my hospital stay......4 days.....all staff wore masks, gowns and gloves. It was slightly surreal but I was very, very grateful that the hospital was taking the precautions needed.
The food was good too - well, when I was allowed to eat again!
The nurses in hospital were just wonderful. So caring and kind and comforting which was lovely as no visitors were allowed.
The day I left hospital, Steve had to wait in the car outside. The hospital staff were amazing and i was really ready to leave. I was lucky enough to have a doctor who did his rounds first thing in the morning, so I was ready to go just after lunch.
Steve drove me home on roads that were very light in terms of traffic because of the lockdown and the virus. When we reached home, this greeted me and made me cry! My grandchildren are the BEST!!
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