From Here To There...Part #3

Day #3
I'm feeling worse than when I came in. I mean, I never felt bad. I always felt good even when the medical people told me I was sick.

My upper chest/left shoulder hurts. My bladder is going to burst. All because I can't move around until at least 12 hrs after the surgery.

Luckily, I must have been nervous before the surgery and just peed until I was dry.

The surgery started at 1 pm and so 12 hr later would be 1am Weds. I laid in my bed waiting and looking at the clock.

Sometimes, it wouldn't move at all. Other times, it jumped 20—40 minutes. Especially, after my girls were with me. Karolyn, Jill & Sara, and Jessie.

They made it bearable. Or should I say easier. Yes, easier. It wasn't that bad. A couple Tylenol took care of any discomfort.

But at 11 pm. Nature called and I answered. One, two, three. Out of bed and over to the bathroom. No dizziness, or pain. OK, excellent.

Anyway, Weds, I got sent downstairs to the Pace Maker lab. Here, Jan & Dr. Estrada checked out the pacemaker and entertained me. Both were fun.

Jan was smart and pretty. Dr. Estrada was smart and- and funny, ah, yes funny.

They gave me a machine like the one between Jan and me. She explained how to use it to transmit a test from my pacemaker to this room. I don't have to test it, in person. Just over the phone and occasionally in person.

Soon, Pam, the wonderful nurse assigned to take care of me, told me I could go home. I called Karolyn and she was there in minutes to pick me up.

I signed the papers and INSISTED I walk out and not be wheel chaired out. I blinked as I insisted and they smiled and let me walk out.

Again, because of all the wonderful folks working in every department, this was a Another Great Adventure.....thank you all....and thanks for the support of my family.. I love you all.