Surgery recap: A couple days before surgery I felt a pop in my wrist and and after the initial soreness, the bump had gone down. I was told to show the surgeon before they hooked me up to anything, just in case I had broke up part of the cyst and to see if I would still need surgery. After they took be back to get prepped I had to wait for an hour and a half just to see the surgeon before they could start anything. Keep in mind that I hadn't eaten since 9:30 pm the night before, and it was now almost 2:00. After he came and checked it out, we decided to go on with surgery. I was then hooked up to an IV and given some "sleepy meds." Then they gave me a numbing shot in my armpit; that was weird. I couldn't feel my left arm from my bicep down. The nurse asked me if I felt like I had a couple cocktails, and I informed him that I didn't know because I'm not 21. As I started to feel a little loopy I would giggle at everything. They started wheeling me into surgery and I asked if I could watch, the nurse told me that I couldn't because they didn't want me trying it in my garage. (I don't know if this really happened, but I think I remember it.) One nurse was from the Aurora area and I asked her what her last name was, she kind of avoided the question, so I asked her 2 more times. She told me, but I can't remember what she said. The next thing I know, I'm waking up in recovery and my arm is already in a splint. I think they tried showing me the cyst that they extracted (I had asked to see it) but I can't remember what it looked like because I was still half asleep. I'm pretty bummed about that. I asked why my fingers were colored and I didn't listen for the answer. My arm was still numb so I felt pretty good. After they brought James back I started to feel nauseas from the anesthesia. Just about lost it. I was soon able to wiggle my fingers and I quoted Princess Bride, "You just wiggled your finger. That's wonderful!" Then we left and the numbing started to wear off. I was in quite a bit of pain that first night. I went to bed at 8:00 and by 10, when James came to bed, I had woke up 7 times. My pain meds weren't keeping up and I was miserable. By 11:00 I moved to the couch to try and change position and not keep James up all night. I was waking up constantly because of the pain. Finally, by 2:00 I had fallen asleep and slept until 7:00. We had arrangements for Trevin the rest of the week, so I laid in bed and watched Netflix for hours. (Just go ahead and judge me.)
Post-surgery report:
I'm doing much better the last few days and get to wear this life-saving splint. It prevents me from moving my wrist. Last night, by reaction, I tried catching a ball that was thrown in my direction and I bent my wrist in the splint. It was terribly painful. I think I'll keep this thing on for the next 7 months, because I don't want to feel that again. I've been adjusting pretty well to life, I've only got stuck in 2 shirts, so that happened. I have to apply a new band-aid every day to the incision, but that's really it. I have 4 stitches that will come out on October 2nd. I've been spoiled by friends and family this past week. Meals, babysitting, prayers, and more meals. They've made it way too easy on me. So THANKS!!!
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| These ladies brought us an awesome meal and then joined us for an evening of much-needed social hour, (along with their husbands!) |
James and I had tickets to go to the Husker game this past Saturday, and we weren't going to let a lame wrist stop us from going!
So I wore a long-sleeve shirt because it was new and I didn't think it was going to be that hot. Well check out that awesome tan-line above.
James recently went dove hunting with some buddies and ended up with a few birds. He grilled them up and we had them for supper one night. I was certainly nervous to try it because I've never had dove before and I had no idea what to expect. According to Jase Robertson, "Doves are the filet mignon of the sky." So I guess that I was more than curious. (And to answer your question, Yes. We watch every episode of Duck Dynasty. And then we watch them again. It is the only show that James thinks is worth watching.)
I was shocked at how good the dove tasted. I know most of it was my husband's cooking skills, but I was very impressed. I told him he could go dove hunting anytime he wanted, as long as he makes it for supper. :) Trevin didn't get any, not that we didn't try, but because he won't stick anything in his mouth that isn't fruit or sweets.
Farm life is moving along as normal. Harvest is just around the corner and the crops are looking great. We've finished up irrigating and I tried to help out when I could.
We also went to Husker Harvest Days (Trevin and my first time!) It poured on us, but it was still a good time. :)
I'm not going to lie, George has gotten us through the last few days...
Healing up, growing on the farm...
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