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Wow I thought my wait was long... Doesn't beat SoCal's... I was there bright and early and didn't get taken back until 2:30 or so. Then they took a very long time to do the actual surgery... I was ok, felt bad for my husband who has Hospital-phobia and my 15 year old daughter who just thought she wanted to come sit with me for the surgery. :)

And I DID ask them if they took breaks and were able to get lunch etc. Last thing I wanted was for someone to rush my surgery because they were tired/hungry. :)

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SoCalDixieGal I'm just popping in to check up on you. I pray all is well and you are having a smooth recovery. Update us when you're up to it.

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we are all pulling for you and look forward to updates !:)

Hope you are doing awesome.

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I hope everything turns out well! Thinking about you today!

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I'm hoping and praying you're safe and recovering!

Amanda Rae

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Went into surgery I think around 9 and I wasn't the last one! Everything went well. Had some nasea but they took are of that quickly. Was pulled up around 1:30 am to get up and walk. A bit wobbly but I'm sure being tired contributed.

Sore getting in and out of bed of course. Up again on my own around 5 am to use the bathroom. Darn iIV fluids! Up again at 7 and they were beginning to get folks moving again. M drain tube leaked a bit all over my gown and some on the bed but they got that tresolved. I did have quite a bit of drainage but according to doc the color is good.

They are keeping the woman who had some respiratory issues and turned out she had a heart condition too. Complications were not from the doctors and she seemed to be doing better this morning.

I'm back at the Marriott now. One weird side effect for me is my eyesight is shot. Distance which is always ok s good, but near is very blurry so hard to read the forums. Doc said that sometimes happens. I'll be able to post more when I an see better!

Thanks for all the well wishes, they are greatly appreciated.

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So glad to hear that you finally are in and out of surgery, and seem to be recovering well! Hope your eyesight comes back! :)

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I'm back at the Marriott now. One weird side effect for me is my eyesight is shot. Distance which is always ok s good, but near is very blurry so hard to read the forums. Doc said that sometimes happens. I'll be able to post more when I an see better!

...........,.,,,

Same thing happened to me. It took about 48 hours to resolve.

Mary

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Glad you are at the Marriot - but still cannot believe what a long day you had yesterday! Eyesight - YES, same thing here! It did go away quickly.

Hope you are able to get some good rest today!

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Wow...what a start. Anyhow welcome to the club may the rest of your journey be a good one.

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Great to hear ur doing ok SoCal.... Now onto and forward on ur new adventure.

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Thanks for the update. So glad that surgery is complete and you're on to recovery. Rest and recuperate. You had a long day yesterday.

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We are so happy to hear from you. I have been checking all day :)

Keep up the awesome work.

Tami

Ps... I will most likely see you there this week :)

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