Eye surgery

September 24th, 2006 at 19:51 · Filed Under Days in My Life, Family, Medical 

The morning of Sunday, I was awaken by the nurses who came to change the bed linens. I could not eat and drink since midnight because I was scheduled for surgery at 0930. It was 0700 and a long wait.

About 0800, LA, Dietrich, YC and his wife came. They had not taken any breakfast but brought we some breakfast so that I could eat after my surgery. They waited for a while but I asked them to have their breakfast. Not long after they left, a nurse came with an eye drop to dilate my right eye. A while later, two nurses came in with a wheeled bed. It’s time.

I had already changed into disposable brief and a surgical gown but it was too short. I was given a longer one to change before they wheeled me to the OT.

When I arrived at the entrance, I started to shiver. I felt cold and I asked for more blanket. I was not nervous but I was damn worried because more than half of my vision had gone!

A moment later, Dr. Chan, my anesthetist, came by and inserted an IV catheter on my left hand. It was painful.

After some minutes of waiting, I was wheeled into OT. It was even colder there. They gave me another blanket. I had 3 blankets! I could only see the lighting apparatus and the ceiling. I could hear people walking here and there preparing instruments.

Another minutes later, a nurse told me Dr. Chan was going to start sedating me. I felt a tuck at my IV catheter. I felt my left arm starting from my hand was getting colder like ice. I asked, “Do I suppose to feel my arm like ic……….”

The next thing I knew was a nurse gave me a strong pat on my shoulder and called my name at my ward. I was too drowsy to open my left eye but I could feel something on my right eye and I just murmured “ump” to reply the nurse. They came to check on me a couple of times but I was still too drowsy to give a proper response.

Until in the afternoon, around 1530, when LA, Dietrich, YC and his wife came again and called me. I was so eager to meet them. It gave me power to get up and to respond.

Ouch! I could not open my left eye either. When I tried to open my left eye, I felt pain in my right eye which was covered with thick gauzes. I was told to sleep on my left side so I offered my right hand to them. It was so warm when they grabbed my hand.

LA fed me my “breakfast” then I chatted with them for a while until they left. They came back in the evening with Dmitry, CK (sister-in-law’s husband) and Choon (another sister-in-law’s husband). LA told me my brother and sister came by at noon but I was still drowsy sleeping away.

At night, after LA and the rest left, Sensei Pathma (my karate sensei) and his wife came. I was half asleep but I could feel someone touching my foot and called me sensei. I responded and both of us chatted for quite a while until almost midnight. I went back to sleep after they both left.

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