Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Nothing like emergency surgery to start off my week

I was having a good week since the last appointment. Monday morning I woke up with a side ache at about 730. I thought it was either round ligament pain or gas. It felt like a side ache from running. I got ready and went to my class. It wasn't getting any better, so I called my mom and let her know, and just figured I'd drink some water and keep an eye on it. By about 9 am the pain was so bad I was nauseated and sweating. It was constant... nothing I could do would relieve it. I couldn't leave my class because it was mandatory. I waited it out until the class was over at 11. By now I had talked to my mom and she was on her way up to get me and we were going to just go to the doctor's office. We got there at about 1130 and the doctor was really behind but they wanted to do some labs and a non-stress test to monitor the baby. Baby was fine. We saw the doctor about 130p. She did an US and right off saw that the ovarian cyst I have had (the whole pregnancy) was bigger, and for some reason that ovary that the cyst was on had no blood flow. She stepped out to consult with one of the other docs, came in, and told me it was a surgical emergency and sent me to the hospital. I got to the hospital about 2:45, got check in and prepped for the OR. They had a really hard time finding a vein. The nurse tried twice and then she had to call the anesthesiologist who got it on his second try. So I couldn't have any pain meds until the IV was started. I felt so nauseated and painful. They wheeled me to the OR once I got the IV access, and I got a spinal (similar to an epidural). What a weird feeling to be numb like that. It was crazy! They unfortunately couldn't do anything laproscopically because I was too far along, so they had to do an open incision. They started the surgery at 411pm and ended at 456pm. I had to wait in recovery for about an hour and got back to my room where family was waiting.

Today, day two, I'm doing ok. My IV is out and I'm on oral pain medication. My catheter is out and I've tried to walk alot. The doc wanted to keep me until Thursday but I'm really trying to head home today because of our no insurance situation. I'm trying not to stress about that...

Sophie is fine, she's been fine the whole time the little stinker! 7 weeks to go...

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