Back Surgery
Hey everyone!!
I’m sure you are all wondering…where the heck did Colly go? Well, I’m still here!! I just had a discectomy done on my back where the herniated parts of my discs were taken off. Terry and Dana from The Sexsmith Hotel drove me all the way to Kelowna for this operation. They spared as my Auntie Dana and Uncle Terry as far as the hospital knew, we WERE relatives. LOL. This way Dana could get and give information to Billy when he phoned for an update on my status.
We woke up pretty early on Sept. 2nd and headed off to the Kelowna General for blood work. Then we went for Breakfast at The Haven Restaurant which is always great! Good food and good staff. A great breakfast!
I realized I had only packed one shirt for the trip so Terry dropped Dana and I off at Winners while he went for coffee at the A & W close by. I found a “Fall Out Boy” t-shirt which I know one of my kids will steal once I got home. Once we were done winners I was pooped so we went back to the hotel. I had my own room so I rested for most of the day and then we went for a chinese buffet at about 6:00p.m. This was my last meal for the night as I was not allowed to eat or drink anything after midnight. I didnt mind as long as I had my pain killers, everything would be ok.
On Sept 3rd we woke up pretty early to be at the hospital by 7:00 a.m. we were supposed to be there by 7:30 but Dana wanted to make sure that we were there and in the right place at the right time. When we got there we waited for about 10 minutes and then a nurse came by and called Aunty Dana and I into another little waiting room. Here is where I lost all of my dignity and had to put on the silly assless night gown. The nurse asked Dana to scrub my back down with disinfectant for about 3 minutes. I warned Dana that she was about to see my ass crack and she just laughed and got to work on scrubbin me down. LOL. After all was said and done, I had to do more paper work with the nurse and make sure they had emergency numbers and cell numbers and had me tagged ( I felt like I was cattle getting ready for the slaughter) They put me up on a bed and I said my goodbyes and they wheeled me off to another wing of the hospital. The nurse that wheeled me sang me a tune all the way down to the wing. He knew that I sang for a living and asked if I needed any back ups. Who knew it was going to be an audition. He said his goodbyes and left me in the hallway all by myself and I think this is where I thought I could make a clean break for it if I really didn’t want to get this operation done. But I was too scared to think of what security would do to me. I toughed it out. I only spent a few minutes in the hallway by myself, then I was wheeled into the O.R. where the nice man inserted a needle into my vein and the next thing i know, I was done surgery. I thought to myself, my my that was quick. It was only an hour long procedure so it wasn’t actually that long. My scar has 17 staples and had a drainage tube in which fell out because I was moving around too much. It leaked all over my bed but the nurses came and changed the sheets right away. I know.. EWWWW! I was not in much pain as every hour the nurses came by and gave me a shot of morphine. It was delightful. LOL. I stayed in there for 2 nights and I thought I was only staying in for one. I wasnt allowed to eat the first day, but I wasnt told that until after I had finished an awesome milkshake from FATBURGER (lol) Terry and Dana brought it for me plus a cheese burger. I finished the milkshake in 30 seconds and then asked the nurse if i was supposed to eat anything. She said, absolutely not because i will be throwing up all over the place if I ate anything. Well, I certainly proved their theory wrong because the milkshake did not come up. I never told the nurses I drank that though. LOL.
Through out the day I talked to my room mates Sharon and Fraser and they were just awesome people. They told me why they were in the hospital and what kinds of surgery they had. It was strange having a man in the recovery room, but I think he was a great ol guy! We got to talking about what did for a living and I told them I was a singer in a band so they asked me if I could sing them a tune so I sang bring it on home to me by sam cooke and it brought them both to tears. Fraser was quite the religious fella so he got his wife Joan to bring in a hymn text book for me to look through. He asked me to sing morning has broken, but I couldnt remember how that one went. So I chose a few other hymns that I remembered singing in church when I was a kid. I think I sang three songs for Fraser and his friend that was visiting. They were thrilled, but believe me, I was nervous. LOL. Ive always said that I would rather sing to 20,000 people than to one or two because there is more pressure with one or two. More focus directly on me.
On Sept 5th I think was the day that I got to go home. Dana had made a comfy bed to travel in lying down while Terry drove. I think I slept the whole way. I dont remember much of the ride home at all. I think we stopped and ate? I seriously can’t remember.
All in all I had a wonderful time with wonderful company that looked after me like family. We had a few laughs that is for sure!!
Now that I am layed up in bed for about 4 weeks, I’m sure there will be lots of time for me to BLOG. I will try and get a picture of my incision and put it on here. Anyone with weak stomachs do not need to look at the photo. :O) I just have to try and find my camera battery charger. I havent been able to find it since I got home and I need it!
Take care and Be bloggin soon
Your friend,
Colly Shaw