Someone turn off the inflation device!

Well well, Now it's wednesday 11/12/08 and Dolly is growing by the hour. The right side of my chest (aka Dollyworld) is now huge. I feel like if I don't hurry up and split at the seams I will burst. I didn't have the best luck getting blood taken today, by a newbie and a trainee. I kinda lost it after they blew the 3rd vein looking for blood and didn't have any luck. I believe in trainees, I just don't believe I'll have another one anytime soon!

Dr. Yee came into my room around 700am, basically suprised to see my 'Dolly" and concerned about the slight pink color and temp around the area, thought that infection had set in, just in the area that she voided out on 11/5. So heavy duty antibiotics get put into the ole IV, morphine, percocet and a regular diet of hospital food keep me feeling healthy wealthy and wise! The day actually was a blur, so I'll skip to Thursday 11/13. So in a nut shell, I'm scheduled for emergency surgery. They're going to go in and basically suck the crud out of me. Keep me on a high dose of antibiotics and pain meds.

So Im about to eat my breakfast (hard pancakes, oatmeal, OJ and toast) when the nurse comes in tells me Im due into surgery in 6 hours and now I can't eat anything. It was a scene outta a movie , those hospital people, wheeling my food laden tray into the dying sunset as I sat there in my designer gown and manly sports bra. Ok...time to brush my tooth..

They came and got me around 2pm. I met with my team of Dr's again, and reaquated myself with the surgical nurses and recovery team nurses that I had just seen last thursday. Call it a mini-James reunion. They were/are very positive and sending me good vibes for this hopefully last surgery. Ok everyone...say goodbye to Dolly..........off to surgery we go.

I got "put under" very well from my Dr. Xia (his chinese humor is the pits, he best stick with his day job) .Dr. Yee told Dan that she was very suprised at the size of my blood clot, and had no idea that it was that big. (I guess we're talking baseball) They re-cauterized the open area and sewed me back up.I came out of surgery a few hours later then recovery (pending a bloody nose) and from what I could feel I felt great. I felt so alert as if someone just flipped the light switch for me to wake up. I went back to my room, where Dan and my sister in law Marianne were waiting for me. I wasn't walking around like a hunchback from Notre Dame, nor look like I was standing in the employement line for the freak of from Wringling Bros. and Bailey's Circus.

Everyone left me in peace around 800pm, and I said good nite to all............Good nite!