Day 4 - The Surgery

Today is surgery day but I'm going to work until noon in the Indiana office. This is also the first day I get to try out my handy dandy knee scooter. Work was busy but wheeling around on the scooter was fast and efficient. I did notice a lot of blood profusing to my lower leg so I had to keep it elevated when not with patients. I left work around 11:45 and immediately headed to the hospital. I registered and was taken back to pre-op in about 10 minutes. I changed and they took my vitals. I will go ahead and brag on the fact that my BP was 123/73 and my HR was 54. I love the fact that Dr. Y was asked to do an H&P and his was response was "it's fine". I had to wait a couple of hours for surgery but I kind of figured that would be the case since I didn't schedule early in the morning. I was told that it was a tendon to tendon repair so that I would heal a little faster than if it was tendon to bone or tendon to muscle. I surprisingly wasn't nervous at all and saw some familiar faces and friends at the hospital. The anesthesiologist was very nice and another anesthesiologist there with mine knew the pediatric dentist next door to my office that I am good friends with. They gave me my fentanyl and versed and I was extremely relaxed when they blocked my leg. I really don't remember anything after that except waking up and feeling very groggy. I was told the surgery went great and that my leg would be numb for 12-18 hours. My throat hurt and I felt fairly nauseous. I had a little coke and told the nurse I was ready to go home. I was only in recovery for about an hour. As I was waiting for the car, I felt pretty nauseous but it passed as soon as I got home. I was very tired so but I did eat a PB&J and some Ramen noodles before going to sleep. I slept excellent since my leg was numb and I didn't feel any pain. I am getting a little scared as to what I might feel once the anesthesia wears off. I can only sleep on my left side or stomach, so that's a bit of an inconvenience. So far so good!