the 12 days of Christmas...Ytown Style.......

On the 12th day of Christmas (the 15th) My father said to me.."I'm going in for hernia surgery"
On the 11th day of Christmas ..not feeling so well, full of air pockets and drugs that dont work
On the 10th day of Chrismas..still the same but good news is still no roomate!!!
On the 9th day of Christams.....bad pain.. Mom's alone and I feel I should come up!
On the 8th day of Christmas (friday)reschedule surgery for Saturday 12/20....Here I come!
On the 7th day of Christmas.I arrive at 7:30am and we head up to Northside. surgery went fine!
On the 6th day of Christmas.Not feeling well in pain and in ICU. Heart is A fib and bp is ok
On the 5th day of Christmas.still in ICU slooooooowly feeling a bit better. Heart still in A fib.
On the 4th day of Christmas.Moving from ICU to CCU .Told by Drs he can go home...........lol
On the 3rd day of Christmas (24th) still in CCU, still in A fib, numbers arent good to go home. :(
On the 2nd day of Christmas (25th)looking better feeling better,,,,,,just waiting for Dr to say yes!
On the 1st day of Christmas (26th) after getting there at noon and 'barking' for almost 7 hours.......we finally get Dad home.


I still have the Christmas Spirit in me so this blog has been very 'nice'.....but to tell ya the truth...It's been a long time for everyone involved. I learned alot about hospital "politics", health in general (look around folks.....there is someone worse off than you!) And just being home and my Dad not being there. It just wasnt the same.

But I can say, that my sisters and I celebrated Christmas for/with him on Saturday 12/27. Approx, 24 hours after he got home. Its amazing once you get out of that 'designer' hospital gown, ditch your roomie, oh and get a shower , brush your tooth and dont get your vitals taken every 90 min........it's amazing how one can look and feel like a new human being! Mentally and Physically. We're all glad he's home and hope he NEVER has to enter that 'place' again.

It was nice to rekindle my relationship with my mother. Just the 2 of us. Laughing 90pct of the time when we were doing things around the house or at a store. Like I said, it's the best medicine. It was also nice not to talk about my cancer. Kinda give that subject a break for a while and focus on other things.

But now that Im back in Columbus, ( I just drove home yesterday morn. 28th)and I sit at my desk this morning......my haunting awaits me! I have lots of phone calls to make and meet with a my plastic surgeon next week. I'll blog when I have an update!!!