Day 1: Surgery

A nurse woke me up at around 6.30am, although she didn't really wake me. I had been waking up that night every hour cause I was finally starting to freak out, and knowing hospitals.. its hard to get any decent sleep there. The nurse then gave me afew towels and the special scrub which disinfects any area for up to 6 hours. It took me around 15-20 minutes to get up from my bed, if I had got up any faster I would've thrown up. I was that nervous. After getting up and having a little cry I had a shower and felt a bit better :)! As I was drying my hair with my own hair dryer, a team of around 4 or 5 people came.. kinda awkward but funny seeing as they were all serious while i was using a hair dryer :p oh well they had a little laugh but all good. I was asked a billion times if I had any questions, and by the morning I had none left. Once the team had left, afew other nurses came and asked if i was ready to go, they wheeled me over to Auckland Hospital in my bed. Its a really wierd feeling being wheeled in a bed.. I felt bad cause I was more than able to walk.

Once we arrived in pre-op at Auckland hospital, the anesthisaist came and gave me anti-axiety meds (the happy drug!) the picture on the left is after I had it.. its pretty obvious. After this stage I pretty much don't remember anything.. but I kinda remember being in theatre waiting but it couldve been a dream?

This was just before the happy drug I think, the nurse in the photo is Rachel. We have the same cellphone! She was really nice and easy to talk to :).

<- the photo is after recovery, and i was put into room 8. Although I don't remember a thing at all!

It all went perfectly, thanks to all the docotors, nurses, and of course my surgeon Mr Hamish Crawford.