Just a little info about preoperative procedures:
- I couldn't eat past 12 AM until postoperative.
- Got blood tests & urinalysis.
- IV started on me, just in case you are curious of what an IV consists of (because I was very curious), it has a bunch of electrolyte solutions like sodium, potassium, sugar, salt, water... They said it's to keep you hydrated and to open up the veins for the anesthesia.
- After a while, they took me to the surgery room, where they told me to lay down on the table. Then, the anesthesiologist told me to count to 10. So I asked her, "Why do we always have to count," because they always tell you to count... Like I'm going to knock out anyways, so might as well knock out in peace and silence. Sorry I'm going off topic. Anyways, I counted down from 10 and knocked out at 8. I don't know why I counted down, I just did.
Postoperative:
- Surgery took about 30 minutes, but it took me about 30 more minutes to wake up.
- Woke up in the recovery room with oxygen mask, I was disoriented when they woke me up, so I went back to sleep.
- Woke up about 10-20 minutes after they tried waking me up, I was more alert this time.
- Surgical site was aching, pain level was about 2/10, and it went away within 3 minutes or so.
- Went out of recovery room and into some other room with my mom and sister.
- They gave me some cranberry juice and taught me how to use crutches, then I got discharged.
- Went to pick up meds that they prescribed me (Mortrin and Norco).
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