Yhe surgery went well and they did not have to use mesh on the hernia which is a huge praise. They were able to just stich it up....(I am sure it is more complicated than "just stitching it up"...lol). We were able to see him about 1.5 hours after surgery. He is doing well just having some pain...more than he expected. Hopefully we can get out of here in the next hour or so.
As I have been waiting I purposely did not bring any school stuff with me. I need to unplug from that part of my life for a few days. Not in a bad way I just need a mental break. So I have been reading a book for pleasure. It is a book by a lady I follow on social media about her husbands struggle with anxiety. Now don't get me wrong David doesn't struggle with anxiety or depression but I have in a strange way found comfort in reading the book. I don't really connect with what she went through with her husband but it is comforting to read a book about a care giver and I can understand the feeling of helplessness she felt at times in wanting to fix her husband but not being able to. What I am encouraged about is that she kept her eyes on God. She didn't always have a great attitude but she never gave up her hope in the Lord.
I am not even a fourth of the way through the book but I love it. I do want to be clear that I am not complaining one bit about taking care of David...I have enjoyed every second of it in one way or another! I kinda miss it now...lol.
Oh boy...getting discharged from hospital now!!!
Love, alice
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Back in the hospital after 3months
10am
Well we technically are back in the hospital but it's all good...errr...well..it will be. David is having hernia repair surgery today. He got a hernia right after his transplant from where they took out his p/d dialysis catheter. Today they are going in to repair it. The surgery should be a short procedure and he should be able to go home later today.
It is hard to believe that it has been 3 months since the transplant. It seems so long ago to me, yet hard to believe it has already been 3 months. Clear as mud? Good! This point post transplant seemed like it would never come. I think back to the days when I imagined what life would be like after transplant. What life would be like without dialysis.
Now I sit here 3 months after transplant so thankful for Karen and Jennifer and their families for supporting them in their donation. It is amazing that these two women have done this for our family! For sure thankful this Thanksgiving holiday.
11:20am
They just took him back for surgery. I DIDN'T CRY!!!! I am known for "losing it"when they take David back for surgery but I didn't even tear up this time. (I have learned how to control my emotions in situations like this.......no it hasn't gotten easier but I am learning)!
The flood of memories and emotions that have come back to me sitting in this waiting atrium....the sounds, the same people at the check in desk, the tracking screen, the bathroom, the vending machine.......surgeon Brutus..lol. The difference....it's not the middle of the night...lol. Also this time I scored one of the foot stool things!!!!!! Victory!!!!
Since the transplant David has gone back to work....exactly 2 months after transplant that is. I won't blog about my feelings of him returning back to work but let's just say it wasn't our first choice. But God has blessed once again by giving David the strength to work. He is still building strength but each day he is getting stronger. Once he recovers from this hernia surgery he will for sure be like a new man...physically that is.....the old David personality has returned in full force. He is back to the witty, rotten, goofy guy I fell in love with. ( let me be clear I have been in love with every version of David.....I will love him no matter what!!!). In sickness or in health....I said it...I meant it! ( just praying we get more of those in health years coming up!)
I will try to update tonight after we get home about how he is doing. Thanks again for all the love and support.
Love,
Alice
Well we technically are back in the hospital but it's all good...errr...well..it will be. David is having hernia repair surgery today. He got a hernia right after his transplant from where they took out his p/d dialysis catheter. Today they are going in to repair it. The surgery should be a short procedure and he should be able to go home later today.
It is hard to believe that it has been 3 months since the transplant. It seems so long ago to me, yet hard to believe it has already been 3 months. Clear as mud? Good! This point post transplant seemed like it would never come. I think back to the days when I imagined what life would be like after transplant. What life would be like without dialysis.
Now I sit here 3 months after transplant so thankful for Karen and Jennifer and their families for supporting them in their donation. It is amazing that these two women have done this for our family! For sure thankful this Thanksgiving holiday.
11:20am
They just took him back for surgery. I DIDN'T CRY!!!! I am known for "losing it"when they take David back for surgery but I didn't even tear up this time. (I have learned how to control my emotions in situations like this.......no it hasn't gotten easier but I am learning)!
The flood of memories and emotions that have come back to me sitting in this waiting atrium....the sounds, the same people at the check in desk, the tracking screen, the bathroom, the vending machine.......surgeon Brutus..lol. The difference....it's not the middle of the night...lol. Also this time I scored one of the foot stool things!!!!!! Victory!!!!
Since the transplant David has gone back to work....exactly 2 months after transplant that is. I won't blog about my feelings of him returning back to work but let's just say it wasn't our first choice. But God has blessed once again by giving David the strength to work. He is still building strength but each day he is getting stronger. Once he recovers from this hernia surgery he will for sure be like a new man...physically that is.....the old David personality has returned in full force. He is back to the witty, rotten, goofy guy I fell in love with. ( let me be clear I have been in love with every version of David.....I will love him no matter what!!!). In sickness or in health....I said it...I meant it! ( just praying we get more of those in health years coming up!)
I will try to update tonight after we get home about how he is doing. Thanks again for all the love and support.
Love,
Alice
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