Diary of a broken elbow - part three

So I left off waking up in post-op. This was the only part of my hospital experience I did not like. I remember trying to wake myself because I was really confused. I checked the time and it was about 3:00 or 3:30pm. There was a nurse trying to feed me water but I kept fighting her off. Reflecting upon it, I felt like once I was having to move back upstairs, my bed was just pushed aside, the nurse didn't check on me again and I was sitting there for a good 20 minutes before someone came to take me back upstairs. I didn't like this part of my hospital stay so I'm not going to talk about it that much.

Friday night, three of my friends came by for a visit (I got in trouble from the same nurse as the night before, my friends were there until about 9:30pm). And! I finally got to eat after two days! Woohoo! Liquid diet (not alcohol!), I got jello! Yummy...so, I got two bites of jello, three sips of mint tea (my friends brought it for me), and a few sips of juice into me. It was like this until Saturday night when I had some chicken.

My first night out of surgery was very painful. I was trying to not scream out in pain. About four times that night I need "break-through" medication (where they would pump me full of morphine through my IV). It wasn't fun at all. It was hard to get through the night and most of Saturday without them. The girls all came by again during the day one and of the girls loaned me her TV phone so I could check my emails, watch a little TV when I wanted, was awesome!!! Of course, one of the nurses made fun of me for now having TWO cell phones. hehehehe.

Sunday morning was great! I got bacon with my breakfast! Yummy!!! I talked to my surgeon and he told me I could leave Monday or Tuesday (I was hoping for Monday, I wanted to be in my own space). A few of my friends from work came by for a visit. I stole David's grapes (hehehe). I actually received a basket of fruit and other goodies from my dance friends on Saturday. One of the nurses actually commented he'd never seen someone receive one fruit basket, let alone two!!! But, I have to say that the green grapes helped me regain some of my appetite, which is why poor David lots his grapes out of his shopping! I had my first cup of tea today as well! Yummy! I got my friend Jan to come by with some.

I have to say that Sunday was also a very liberating day for me. This might sound very strange to you, but i was showered by one of the nurses. I so desperately needed my hair washed and it wasn't working out in the shower like we wanted so we just decided I needed a full on shower. let me tell you, to be that helpless and be able to say sure, I'll get completely naked infront of a stranger and have you help me clean myself, well, it's very liberating. I can tell you that I've responded completely different to things as they come up in my life now. I know its sounds very strange, but it was a growth experience for me.

Well, the elbow is feeling funny so I have to sign off for now!