I eventually got wheeled into the theatre reception at 7 pm last night. The neurosurgeon spent a lot of time explaining the procedure to Hubby & I in finer detail, especially all the questions I had based on my Internet research. One good thing ... The procedures for the laminectomy, as described on the Internet, mention that the lamina gets cut out. But he told me that they try looking for an existing hole and work through that. By the end of the discussion both Hubby and I were far more confident.
After a last kiss goodbye, Hubby left and I went into theatre. My op was over by 8:30 pm and I went back to the ward at 8:45 pm, not before the Orthopaedic surgeon told me they had removed a large hernia.
It was a very rough night in the high care ward. The machines were beeping, the blood pressure monitor was squeezing my arm, the sister was checking up on me, and to top it off,the gent in the bed opposite couldn't sleep so kept chatting to the sister. Hence I didn't get much sleep.
This morning went better though. The Orthopaedic surgeon came in to see me between surgeries. The op had been a success. They removed a hernia the size of his thumbs side by side. Holy crap but that's huge!!!
So now it's all done... I'm waiting to be transferred to the general ward. Coz the op took place so late last night they going to hold off on physiotherapy till tomorrow.
But now I think it's time for a nap ...
