Glad to just be alive...

...I posted on my bbm and facebook this verse from the bible... "count your many blessings and name them one by one" When I think about my many blessings they are too much to even count and much less name. I thank God each and everyday for the family I have and I thank him for my friends. Once again my surgery was a success and this time honestly I went in thinking that I just want to get this all over with and get on with my life and plans. I keep telling myself that God's plans are not my plans so I need to keep listening to him and not to myself. So with my family and numerous friends praying for me I went into the hospital two hours before my surgery time of May 17 at 12:30pm. The nurse that came to take me to the operating theatre name was Paul and he told Gill and Cal to hang around cause this will not take long. He was teasing Gill so much about her crying and making fun of her, he took me in the room still chuckling. The anesthesiologist was a young girl and when I went into the operating room with Paul she was there to set up and prep my anesthesia. He was asking why I was so tanned and I said I was just back from Belize and when I said that the young anesthesioglogist doctor said that she had always wanted to go there and that's where she is going on her next vacation, when I started talking about Belize I tell you everyone in the the operating theatre perked up and started asking so much questions about Belize and how they always see it on House Hunters International and want to go and visit. There was Paul the nurse, the young anestegiologis doctor and two other nurses. Paul was asking if I think he could find a nice girl in Belize because he said he had a hard time getting dates in Toronto and we were are making fun of him. He said he was not good looking for dates as he was too shy. Dr. Swallow came into the operating theatre to tell me that she thought about how she would handle this surgery and will go in and do a simple procedure. She asked one of her helpers for a marker and marked an x at the spot and told me she would go in right there and cut around the mesh and take off all the excess mesh and stitching that did not adhere to my stomach. I got the anesthesia that was just the face mask and no epidural or nothing. When I woke up in the day surgery area the nurses that were monitoring me said it was okay for me to go home and they wanted me to go to my room 1427 to pick up my bags and then check out. Well when I got there my nurse his name was Elmer said that no such thing was going to happen, that he wanted me to get a good night sleep and eat a meal and he would be there to make sure i did not throw up and was okay, he took such good care of me. His shift ended at 7:30pm so I had another nurse overnight that had looked after me before. Apart from that I had four other nurses that came in to see me because they remembered me from the last time and came to say hi. I was well cared for and on Tuesday I was ready to go home and my nurse said that I could stay in the room for as long as i needed to or until they needed it for another patient, well they never had anyone so i got breakfast and lunch and at about 3:30pm Cal and Gill came and got me. I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers and I am not on any special diet and can eat anything at this time. I am taking it really easy for the next few weeks and I will be re-evaluated on June 30 to see if I am ready to return to the workforce.

xoxo,
Lady D