The Hudson Family: December 2012

Sunday, December 16, 2012

My first surgery

Everything started on a Saturday (8) afternoon. We (Andrew, Daphne and I) had lunch, after that we went to Provo to do some stuff. We went to Andrew's brother's home to give them their Christmas present, I was in the car with Daphne waiting for Andrew. When he was coming back to the car, I started to have this pain on my stomach area, but it wasn't that bad, so Andrew started to drive and in less than two minutes I was in soooo much pain, he stopped the car, I got out to see if it would help, but nothing happened, I got back in the car, he gave me a blessing and then we went to the ER. The pain was the worse one I ever had, it hurt a lot more than when I was having contractions to have Daphne.

We stayed in the ER for about 3 hours and the ultrasound showed that I had a gallstone. The only solution so that it doesn't happen again, is to remove it. So they said I had to go to a surgeon and sent me home with pain medicine.

On Tuesday (11) we went to the doctor, he explained how everything was going to be done and we set up the surgery for Thursday, I had to wait for the hospital to call and tell me the time I had to be there.

Thursday (13) morning we left the house around 5:45 a.m., left Daphne at my friend's house and we went to the hospital in Provo. Everyone there was so nice. They prepared me for the surgery and Andrew was with me the whole time. My surgery was set up to start at 7:30 a.m., a few minutes before that my anesthetist came to talk to me, and then he put the anesthesia in my IV and the last thing I remember is Andrew giving me a kiss, I don't have any idea how the operation room looks.. hahaha I woke up in the recovery room and stayed there for about an hour, I really don't remember everything in there either. Then they sent me back to my room and Andrew was there. I stayed there for a couple of hours, then the nurse helped me walk around, they made sure I was doing good and then I was ready to come back home.

I'm doing good at home, it's hard not be able to pick up Daphne, but she has been great with everything. On the day of my surgery I got a basket from a family from our neighborhood and other families are helping with dinner.

Now I don't have a gallbladder anymore, I just have 4 incisions on my belly to remind me how terrible the pain was and that I'll never have to go through that again.

I have to go back to the doctor in two weeks and not lift anything more than 20 pounds for 6 weeks. I'm glad we're going on a vacation in a few days, Andrew always helps me a lot.