Sunday, October 5, 2008

EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL

SO KELLY WENT IN FIRST THING ON FRI. MY FRIEND TERESA CAME WITH ME SO THAT I WOULDN'T BE ALONE DURING THE ORDEAL. KELLY WENT TO SURGERY AROUND 8. THE WAY THAT I USUALLY DEAL WITH STRESS IS TO SLEEP. SO GUESS WHAT? I FOUND A CONSULT ROOM WITH A RECLINER AND WENT TO SLEEP. IT WAS SO NICE TO JUST SLEEP THROUGH IT ALL. TERESA CAME AND MADE ME WAKE UP SO THAT I COULD EAT AND ABOUT 10 MIN LATER MY PAGER WENT OFF. KELLY DID GREAT. THEY FOUND THE EXTRA CIRCUT AND GOT IT TAKEN CARE OF. IT TOOK KELLY ABOUT 2 HOURS TO REALLY WAKE UP. HE WAS READY TO GO HOME BUT THEY MADE HIM LAY THERE TILL 4. WHEN WE GOT TO LEAVE, WE GOT 2 BLOCKS AWAY TO EAT AND KELL SAID THAT THERE WAS BLOOD RUNNING DOWN HIS LEG. NOT GOOD. SO WE WENT BACK AND THEY SAID THAT HE DID THE PERFECT THING BY PUTTING TONS OF PRESSURE ON IT. THEY MADE HIM LAY BACK DOWN AND BY 6 WE WERE READY TO COME HOME. HE TOOK IT REALLY EASY. THEN YESTERDAY HE INSISTED ON GOING WITH ME TO PICK UP THE KIDS. I HAD TO STOP AT A YARD SALE, REALLY I JUST HAD TO. I WAS GOING THROUGH MAJOR WITHDRAWL SYNDROME. :) ANYWAY DO YOU THINK KELL STAYED IN THE CAR LIKE I ADVISED HIM. NO. SO HE WALKED AROUND. BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME HE WAS HURTING SO BAD HE DIDN'T LEAVE THE COUCH THE REST OF THE EVENING. BUT TODAY HE IS FEELING MUCH BETTER. I WON'T LET HIM EVEN WALK AROUND THE HOUSE UNLESS HE HAS A REAL REASON. :) I AM NAZI NURSE TO HIM. HE NEEDS TO RECOVER SO THAT HE CAN GO BACK TO WORK. I WOULD LIKE HIM TO STAY HOME ON MON. BUT HE THINKS HE CAN DO IT. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. ANYWAY THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS AND CALLS. WE LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANKS AGAIN.

2 comments:

Ondriawfd said...

Glad it went well. Tell him to take your advice and take it easy for awhile. You're a smart girl, that's why he married you right? Then he should listen to you. Love ya!

Janalyn said...

Wow, you slept through it all??! I'm so envious! Chris and I always head straight for the cafeteria during surgeries, it makes it go by so much faster than sitting around those wretched waiting rooms.
I'm so glad it was successful.