The Dreaded D&C...

Well the experience wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Nor has the recovery. I was so petrified going to the hospital on Friday. I was taken into a room and had to change out of my clothes and into one of those wonderful open back gowns! Then the nurses (who were just awesome) went over things with me and took my vitals. The IV didn't really hurt at all going in and the bruise is minor from it. Then another nurse came in and said that someone has been in looking for me already. And I was thinking who in the heck would have come to the hospital looking for me before I even got there at 7 am?!?! They said your mother-in-law, or step-mom, or maybe it was your step mother-in-law? Well considering I have all three...I had no idea which one. Until they said she was in the ER with dad. Well since Donny's dad is the only sick Dad I have I figured it was him. And it was. So of course my blood pressure was high when they took it after telling me that. So Donny and my friend went down to see what was wrong. Then Donny and his step mom come to my room and tell me that he is okay. Apparently he was throwing up blood so she called the ambulance. Well after some tests they concluded he was constipated so severely it was backed up into his colon. So they were going to treat and release him. So I relaxed. The nurses then told me I didn't have to have the local anesthetic after all, that my lungs were clear so I could have the general! Hooray! I was so relieved. The nurses were wonderful before and after the procedure. I know they made the experience so much easier.

Then they took me to the surgery room. They don't even let you walk...they just wheeled me there on my bed. I was pretty nervous going in this huge white room with all the lights. And man was it cold! But shortly after getting on the surgery bed they covered me with this warm toasty heated blankets! That was awesome. The Anesthesiologist was really nice and made me feel not so scared. Before I even know it was feeling groggy and next thing I knew I was back in my room. Everything went so fast. And boy was that anesthetic good stuff. I didn't feel any pain. After they let me get dressed I found out that they had admitted my father-in-law after all, so we went down to his room to check on him. The nurses were in there asking him a lot of questions. I was just standing there listening. My step mother-in-law was sitting in one chair and the nurse in the other. Well my step MIL asks me if I want to sit down. And I said no I am fine. She asks me again and this gets the nurses attention, who then notices my hospital bracelet. So my step MIL tells her I had a D&C. She says oh yesterday (thinking I stayed over night and was just released). No this morning. So the nurses freak out and make me sit down in this recliner. Then they get me apple juice and some of those great heated blankets! But honestly I was feeling no pain. I just wanted to make sure my FIL was okay before I went home. We went out for breakfast afterwards and got home about 11:30. I slept pretty much all day. And the did nothing the rest of the weekend. I didn't even leave the house. So today is the test of how things are. And so far I am great. The only pain I had was some mild cramping over the weekend was if I sat up for too long at a time (I was working on making my Christmas cards). Reclining seemed to be the most comfortable. I was bloated but that seems to be gone and my abdomen isn't hard anymore. Now the test will be to see how my next period is. Hopefully normal...

~Melody