Surgery Day

On Tuesday I went to get my physical examination done, and then went to the hospital for the pre-admit. Thereafter I went back to the Surgeon's office to go over again the procedures and to clear any final questions I might have. I spent about an hour in the Surgeon's office before everything was finalized and good to go.

When I was at the hospital for the blood test and urine analysis, I met my nurse that would be taking care of me. She's a sweetheart, we talked about our pets and that was nice. It was her way of creating a relationship or a bond with her patients. I noticed all of the nurses and medical staff here doing that.

On Wednesday, I won't be doing anything, that's my free day. I went to look at some orchid farms with my mom. It was a gloomy morning but warmed up later in the day. Around 5:00 PM, the family went to dinner since I'm not able to eat anything after 6:00PM. I cannot have liquids after 12:00AM. I'm going to have a catheter in one nostril leading down to my lungs for air, another will be placed in my wrist to monitor blood pressure, and finally one up to my bladder ...I don't think I need to explain why. I'm having a upper multi-segment maxilla, and a bisagittal split of the lower mandible. After surgery I'll have a morphine drip at my disposal using however much I want every 10 mins. I'll also have an oxygen mask for air.

I also will have a suction tube to suck all of the puss and blood and saliva in my mouth. I'll be on elastics instead of having my mouth wired shut but I just have to be careful not to balloon my cheeks so that I don't tear the incisions made during surgery.

I'll have a small patch placed on the side of my ear to help reduce the nausea I would feel after waking up from the surgery. The anethesiaologist will start me on an IV before going into the operation room. He said I won't remember much until 15-20 mins after being in the recovery room.

I have to be there at 6:00Am tomorrow, my surgery is schedule for 7:15Am and should be over around 1 - 2 PM. I'll be there for overnight observation and will be taking ensure for liquids.

I can't wait to get this over with and move on with me life. I'm excited for the most part and a bit nervous, but to think what they are doing to my jaw is pretty cool. I checked out some youtube videos of other people's jaw surgery and thought that was pretty neat. Amazing what healthy bone looks like. It's a pure white. Beautiful. I'm interested to see what the new face will look like and looking forward to being able to eat food properly for the first time in my life. I think it will also get rid of my headaches as well.

Anyhow...goodnight folks. See you after surgery! Wish me luck!!