Father's healing fingures...

Well hello there, so it has been about 6 days since i got my tonsils removed and, although it's been a painful process, i am finally waking up with little pain in my throat. :) and thanks to God, i am going through the day with little pain in swallowing and chewing and eating. i am so thankful that everything is going so well...at least it feels like it's going well to me. however, i am not getting used to eating and drinking cold things, and having to eat soft or liquid foods. not fun at all. plus it's so cold outside and i can't have coffee to warm me up! yikes! well, i'm not craving ice cream any more! ha ha...i miss hot food and drinks! and solid food. but, soon i will get to eat and drink anything i want because Friday is the 10th day of healing, which is the average amount of days it takes to heal, and on Monday the 28th, i go for my follow up appointment and get my throat checked for complete healing! and if all is well and i can eat anything i want, then Cole is taking me out to dinner! :) that makes me sooooooooooooo excited and happy!
anyways...
love janie

Tonsilectomy..

Well, yesterday i got my tonsils removed! Wooo! it was pretty interesting. first, we were told i was late, but turns out i was put into surgery late! so, at 8:30 we get in there, i put on my giant hospital gown, then i got my IV in! yikes! i did not like that at all. me and mom were being so loud too though! just laughing and talking. then around 10:50 a nurse came and rolled me down to the operating room. and asked me if iv ever gotten surgery before, then another nurse came out, and they were both calling me a surgery virgin! so funny! then the anesthetic doctor came in wondering what we were all laughing at and so the ladies tell him about me being a virgin. then i get oxygen and the anesthetic and my body starts going numb from the toes up..and i'm out! when i wake up i have 2 nurses over me asking if im awake and i just nod my head. the next thing i noticed was that i could breathe through my nose! i was sooooo happy! then i noticed how much my throat hurt. so when the nurse asked me to rate the pain i had to say 8, and a new nurse came and gave me a pain reliever. then after becoming stabilized, i was rolled back to the area i was in before i went into surgery. and from there every hour i got my blood pressure done and id be sleeping half the time. a nurse would come and ask mom if i was awake or not. i was there til 5:00. i had to have help to get up and pee once. and before i was going home, i felt really nauseous, and so the nurse who had been looking after me, put some gravol through my IV. i got a wheel chair ride down to the lobby and Ron came and drove us home. we were barely driving when i threw up. after that i felt better. and i ate yogurt, pudding, and ice cream for supper last night cuz i was so hungry from not eating all day. and lots of water. and now, iv been sitting at home all day, mom and i worked on my art project and went to Safeway for more food. and my Demerol medication makes me dizzy and nauseous when my T3s only make me drowsy.
Anywho...
love janie

Life is Spectacular...

So, the past little bit has been quite interesting. I got 40% on my intro to psych exam...:S but 55% on my math exam! :) and also work has been going well.
The one thing i want to focus on is...getting my tonsils removed! YAY! i am so excited for that because i will have no more annoying sore throat and i will not get sick as often! I am so glad i'm getting this done! it will be painful for the first couple days of the healing but it will be worth it! i just have to follow the instructions for what to eat and what not to eat...it will be interesting. and i don't have to stay over night at the hospital either..so that good! i just have to get a physical and blood work done the day before..ish. and i have to be at the hospital two hours before the scheduled surgery. oh, the surgery is on November 15th at 10:00 am, but i have to be there at 8:00am for the prep and such. :)
anywho, class time.

love janie