Her Attitude Has Arrived

Yesterday, was the day that we had not been looking forward too.  We drove up to Charlotte, NC on Monday and spent the night in preparation for Tuesday's appointment, which led us to Wednesday...surgery day.  There were jitters during those few days of not knowing what was going to happen, and those jitters became nerves as we pulled up to the clinic for surgery.  As much as she wouldn't admit it, Natalie was very hesitant and anxious about this day and was ready to get it over with.  When they took her back to Pre Op, Sherry and I had to wait awhile to see her,  but we finally got to go back and one could tell the nerves and anxiety was becoming more real to her.  Natalie had a great group of people working on her, and that continued to come check in on her which definitely was reassuring to all of us.  We sat and talked to her for awhile before surgery, but then it came her time to go back so we said our goodbyes and headed back to the waiting room.

During the surgery there wasn't much to do, but eventually the phone rang and Natalie was in the recovery room waiting for us.  Walking in you could tell she had been medicated because she was in and out of sleep for about a half hour.  As time went on Natalie became more and more pale looking in the face and continued to complain about being hot.  In the past, Natalie has struggled with anesthesia and nausea, so Sherry started to fan her with her gown and we found a wet towel to put on her forehead.  Dripping sweat from her arms, neck, and face, Natalie decided its too hot and she throws off her gown!  Good thing it was only Sherry and I because the nurse was running around trying to find something she could get sick in, but we ended up avoiding that situation... THANK GOSH!

They brought some medication for her to relax her and help with nausea, which it did, and we were able to get her into her normal clothes in no time!  After getting her into the car and starting on the road tensions were high.  Her foot was propped up on the dashboard and her seat was leaned all the way back, not very comfortable with those long legs if you ask me!  On the road her attitude arrived because the medication had started to wear off and all we could think about is "how close is the hotel?"  We did stop and get her something to eat: tacos, nachos, and Japanese.  Our gal was hungry!!

We stopped in Commerce, GA and got Natalie all situated with her 5 pillows for the night.  Last night was not bad, she took her medication and went back to sleep with no problems, but this morning at 6 a. m. was not fun.  She needed more medication and had to go to the bathroom, she ended up waking everyone up.  After taking her medication she found some energy to talk to us, which we were NOT happy about.  After we ignored her long enough Natalie thought it was important to check on her "Clan" from the game Clash of Clans.  At this point she still wouldn't stop talking so I took it into my own hands to smother her for a second.  She got the message and let us go back to sleep.

The trip hasn't been paradise, but it sure has been interesting.  Our gal is doing good today, she has gotten up and taken a shower and is eating!  GOOD SIGNS!

We are headed back home today, once of course we have checked out the outlet mall here, but then its back home.  Keep the prayers coming because I know Natalie and Sherry are really appreciating them.

Till next time...

Loree