My surgery is at 9am today, so I had to be there at 7 to check in. My boyfriend will drop me off at the hospital, and pick me up once I'm done. I didn't have much time to do anything other than take the last picture of the bunion on my left foot!
They will also be taking a knuckle out of the second toe. It was already pretty long, but since the big toe gets slightly shorter with the bunion removal, the Podiatrist didn't want it to be even longer.
So once they called me back, they had me give a urine sample (to make sure I had no infections) and let me change into this WONDERFUL heated gown. It attaches to a hot air blower set in the wall, if you have the chance to use it, TAKE IT!!!! I'm such a freeze baby, lol.
I was given the IV; I hate needles, but I felonious much better after the anti anxiety drugs got through the line :) They gave me a nerve block in the back of my left knee so I would have no feeling in my leg for 12 hrs (again, if you have the option, it is wonderful). By the time they rolled me into the OR, I was feeling gooood.....
I was very confused when I woke up, much to the amusement to everyone in the room. They kept me in the recovery room for two hrs after I woke up to observe me. They gave me some crackers and juice, ice packs for my foot, and my first round of pain pills. I was given Percocet to take every 4 hrs, Vistaril to help with the itching and nausea (also helps give some oomph to the pain pills), and a stool softener ( narcotics are known to cause constipation).
I was starving by the time I got home around 1pm, luckily I was able to eat solids and had no nausea. After a while, the boyfriend went back to work. My mother left work early so she could watch me sleep till he came back (you should have someone home with you the first 24hrs after surgery).
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