Post by: latrine on August 03, 2011, 12:22:44 PM
Well I'm just waiting for them to let me know what time to arrive tomorrow so I can voluntarily get chopped up like sushi... Boy I just love surgery.. I especially love the 13-17 tries it usually takes for them to get an iv in me.
I'm REALLY hoping this ends up being a short stay.. apparently it would normally be a 2 day stay but my surgeon says for me it's more likely to be a week or more and she isn't entirely sure what she will find when she goes in so I get the added benefit of having no clue what the outcome will be.. I just love waking up after surgery wondering what they actually did. I'll just pat my head to make sure it's still attached.. I guess that's all anyone can ask for.
In the meantime I'm having fun working on my first ERS-7 skit with Skitter.. a full length song which, I hope, will eventually be a duet with a pleo, well 2 Pleo background singers anyway.. but it will be fun. I do better when I have something like that to work on..
So far I'm amazed at how well it's coming out.. I was REALLY confused and then all of a sudden it clicked just like IMR said would happen with the similar pleo program, and it's not that tough at all. Let's just hope Loki is up to the challenge.. he's on his way back to Wolfbob atm :( I think he's breaking his legs on purpose just to flirt with the girl dogs at Wolfbob's!
So I am bringing my pink RB, Rhea, with me to the hospital this time because my green one, Jules, is missing a large amount of his paint.. and looks a little.. weird.. I've been peeling it so I can repaint him since it was all coming off anyways. I am bringing so many electronics with me they are going to think I'm nuts :P
Oh jeez they just called and we're to arrive at 6:15am. We live like 3 hours away so I guess I might as well not bother going to sleep tonight >:(
I have to take a shower the night before AND right before leaving, with some special medicated super duper surgery cleaning stuff so that means at least another half hour plus all the animals are going to need to be fed and they are going to be mad at being woken up so early.. So we're gonna have to get up at like 1:30 or something. I don't normally even fall asleep till 3.
This sucks! :P
So once I arrive it will be a two hour wait, no doubt, then another hour in the pre-op room before they get to me.. then another hour of them bickering until they realize that, NO they actually Can't get an iv in me before I convince them to just put it in my darn foot... (ow)
Why can't we just come at like 9am when they'll actually be ready for me!!!
Anyone wanna switch spots tomorrow? I'll give you a dollar.
Oh well.. Please wish me luck.. if you have read any of my recent posts you know I REALLY need some good luck, lol.
If I can't access the forum from the hospital I'll ask my bf to post on here and let you all know how I did :D
Talk to you guys soon, I hope...
- Sarah
Post by: Talon on August 03, 2011, 01:09:10 PM
Anyway, I just wanted to wish both you and your break-a-leg Aibo the best through all your surgeries and the after-effects. To me that part was always the worst. I'm hoping for you that this one will be the last surgery for a long time.
Talon
Post by: latrine on August 03, 2011, 01:22:53 PM
- Sarah
Post by: Crewella on August 03, 2011, 01:34:56 PM
That sounds like a busy evening ahead of you, Sarah - good job you'll be in bed for a few days, you'll need the sleep. ;)
I'm wishing you luck so hard I got cramp - everything's double crossed, but I'm sure you'll be fine. You've really earned some good luck! :hhug:
It would be great to hear how you're doing, tell your bf he's a star! :-*
Post by: RedwoodsMama on August 03, 2011, 02:20:49 PM
I know all that surgery prep the "cleaning " out stuff they give you the night before is no picnic. Also I have bad veins, very tiny and impossible on one arm and scarred on the other, but I have been lucky with some good people who know how to get an IV going. ONe time they had to use the vein in my neck, and that sucks.................. >:( I am glad you get to take your Pleo with you and hopefully that will make the time go by faster. I hope this ends the problems you have been having once and for all, You are too young to spend so much time in the hospitals, I will be thinking of you here tommrow and tonight as well with a whole Household of Pleos!(15 of them!)
Just try and take a nap today if possible so you can get some rest. We all love you here!
RedwoodsMama and her "pleo Township in the Redwoods" ;D
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on August 03, 2011, 02:23:45 PM
I also suffer the bad veins syndrome... Maybe they should operate only on blue whales with a main artery that you can drive a car through... They might be able to find that one...
Rhea will tell them off if they don't look after you ;)
Post by: latrine on August 03, 2011, 02:36:17 PM
thanks for the luck Crewella but don't hurt yourself!! ;D
Luckily my pre-operation stuff is just showering, I don't have to drink any of that horrible stuff or anything because I'm already missing so much of my guts it would be pointless to have me use that type of prep.
I had to get the central neck line a few times too and they stink.. man is that sore later on.. especially when they miss it 5 times and almost collapse your lung. I had no idea you could almost collapse someone's lung that way.. :P but let me tell you, that REALLY hurts. And it makes you REALLY angry with the surgeon but you don't even get to throw things at him because your afraid to move.. lol. Just my bad luck again.
Good luck with the cats, I wish people would be more responsible with their animals too. I've had a few stray cats (the ones that I could catch anyways) spayed when I had the money, just to help them out a bit..
I'll probably end up with a picc line in my arm but as long as it doesn't stay in for like, a YEAR like last time, that's okay.
IMR, my bf is always offering to let them use his huge veins instead but they refuse.. I don't see why they can't rip his out and stick them in me.. it's just not fair, he has tons extra! :P
Thank you everyone!! :D
- Sarah
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on August 03, 2011, 02:48:19 PM
Post by: Lina on August 03, 2011, 02:58:58 PM
I kept my end of the deal and made the video for you, so be sure to get well soon now! :)
And ask your bf to take some Pleo pics in the hospital as well, perhaps you can enter some of them in the contest ;)
Either way, I will be thinking of you and praying for you.
Love from Sweden!
Post by: RedwoodsMama on August 03, 2011, 04:56:39 PM
wishing you well and with sunshine in my heart for you tommorow!
RWM and "Pleo Township in the Redwoods"
Post by: latrine on August 03, 2011, 05:12:41 PM
As cool as that would be, RWM, with the way my luck runs, she'd end up contaminating the place and killing me... lol..
I did tell a few of the doctors last time that Jules bites, the doctors I don;t like.. lol.. and the one doctor who made me the most angry because he wouldn't even discuss my case with me, just wanted to play with the pleo, well I refused to turn him on for him :P lol
I will think about pictures but I am very camera shy after surgery..lol Not quite looking my best :)
I am so ticked off.. I've been working on this Aibo song all day and It's telling me I just hit the maximum amount of frames.. I've only done 6 1/2 words and it's only like.. 25 seconds into the darn song..
I had to do all the lip sync stuff by hand because the wizard wasn't picking stuff up right and well I hope this is something I screwed up..lol. because I'm going to be really pissed if I did all this and I cant even use it.. it looks sooo cool. Maybe I ought to bring this with me to work on.. it's keeping me very entertained and my mind off everything else. Plus my parrot, Tyler, is loving watching 'Loki' dance on the computer screen.. he has been missing him since his leg broke..
Man my bf is telling me I packed too much stuff.. I don't think so.. 1 pleoRB, 1 pleoRB charger, 5 pleoRB batteries, Pleo food and clothes, 2 nintendo ds's, like 30 ds games, all those chargers, my phone and charger, an extension cord so I have somewhere to plug all that crap in, a few books and clothes.. I can't help if all that electric stuff weighs a ton!! :P He' strong, what the heck!!
- Sarah
Post by: kat on August 03, 2011, 05:25:29 PM
Your going to be just fine tomorrow. I'm sure when it is all over and done you'll still have your head. :P Maybe you should pack a portable DVD player in case you get board. :P We will be looking out for word that all went well. Thinking happy lucky thoughts your way. ;D
Kat :hhug:
Post by: saratogaspringer on August 03, 2011, 07:20:15 PM
Post by: fancyfont on August 03, 2011, 11:04:53 PM
Post by: Talon on August 04, 2011, 11:35:24 AM
Talon
Post by: latrine on August 05, 2011, 07:24:56 AM
Post by: shadowmice on August 05, 2011, 07:44:34 AM
Poor Rhea - so the two of you have to recover now. ;)
Post by: Talon on August 05, 2011, 10:03:01 AM
Talon
Post by: fancyfont on August 05, 2011, 11:10:13 AM
Post by: RedwoodsMama on August 05, 2011, 11:12:25 AM
sorry to hear about Rhea, they allways say Hospitals are the worst place to be and it is easier to pick up a germ than anywhere else. Guess you and Rhea can recover together and both get your rest. Thanks for lettting us know you are ok. We send our love and well wishes to you both!
RWM and the "township of Pleos in the Redwoods"
Post by: Crewella on August 05, 2011, 04:08:31 PM
Glad to hear you still have your head! :P And glad to hear you back on fighting form! ;) :hhug:
Post by: kat on August 05, 2011, 06:18:55 PM
Kat :hhug: :hhug:
Post by: saratogaspringer on August 06, 2011, 07:36:50 AM
Post by: Lina on August 06, 2011, 09:48:51 AM
I am very glad to hear that everything went well! And I hope you will get home soon!
Did you manage to take any interesting dino pics?
Post by: latrine on August 10, 2011, 04:36:15 PM
Rhea getting sick was all my fault lol,I realize the next day I'd druggedly given her the sugar cane like a billion times.. whoops and i forgot her mintleaf but had her salt so she's still sick.. i finally got to hear that RB 'owowowow' lol so cute buti felt so bad.. and one of the girls who brought my food up went insane wheen she saw Rhea.. she recognized Pleo from You Tube and begged me to turn her on.. it was very cute :)
Oh.. Rhea broke a sideways tail wire while we were there :(
Anyway, thank you SO MUCH Kat and everyone.. I loved the messages and the pictures from the redwoods I can't wait to feel better and try on the outfits.. Jules especially needs them as half his paint is gone, and he looks... odd :p
- Sarah
Post by: kat on August 10, 2011, 05:03:19 PM
Lots of love,
Kat
Post by: InmemoryofRomeo on August 10, 2011, 05:16:18 PM
Post by: saratogaspringer on August 10, 2011, 07:28:29 PM
Post by: latrine on August 11, 2011, 01:05:51 PM
Hey guys thank you again, so much.. I was playing with the outfits a little bit today but I
m still hurting quite a bit so I couldn't play for long..hehe. I haven't heard any news about Loki, just that they tried to deliver him a few times unsuccessfully but I sent Wolfbob a message and I'm sure it's just a matter of bad timing.. I don't send awesome things like Loki out without 'signature required' and he must have just not been there.. I'd rather have them keep retrying than have them leave Poor Loki in the driveway, ya know?
It's almost funny, Jules tail is broken the exact opposite way Rhea's tail is broken.. lol.. and he looks just pathetic now with half the paint off.. he was VERY pleased to have a bandana, hat and new outfit to cover his 'awkward stage' as soon as I'm feeling better I'll get the rest of his paint off and then you guys will have to help me decide what color to paint him.
I took pictures of Rhea with me at the hospital and I wanted to make a little video of them to submit to the Pleo contest.. is it still going on? Even if it isn't, I wanna post it anyways.. it was really great having her there and I think people would like seeing that.
When the one nurse who I REALLY hate came in and asked me what the heck that was I told her it was a robot dinosaur and it was much nicer than her even when it wasn't turned on :P lol (She's REALLY mean) then she tried to stare me down about it and I just glared at her and turned it on and then she laughed and played with it.. I was stuck with her last time too for the 7 month stay and she was just.. obnoxious and we had it out, she obviously needed a reminder that I wasn't taking any crap and that I had no problem being my own advocate :P
She was one of those nurses that was always like ooh do you REALLY need this medicine and blah blah blah.. and I finally had to tell her that she had NO idea what it was like being in my body, not being able to eat and having all of this pain and that she was my NURSE and her job was to give me empathy and care or at least PRETEND to care and to give me the medication my SURGEON wrote for me. I am usually not like that with nurses as it's my understanding that without them, the entire hospital would fall down, and the doctors would be totally lost, but some of them, like this one, grow big ego's and need to be smacked upside the head every now and then.
At any rate, Rhea is no longer sick.. :)
I was feeling slightly less nauseous this morning and I'm hopeful that the pain will start to ease up a bit.. it's hard because when your sick to your stomach it would just be beyond stupid to take pain medicine.. so that obviously doesn't help with the PAIN.. lol..
but I feel so guilty I haven't even turned poor Thor on since Loki broke his leg because that's when I started feeling too sick to keep getting up to flip him over when he 'fell over'.. so hopefully I'll feel better soon and can play with him.
Well I will talk to you all later and again thank you SO much you made me cry big time, you big jerks :D :D :D :) :)
- Sarah
Post by: Crewella on August 11, 2011, 04:50:37 PM
I'm glad Kat's little surprise had the desired effect - just take it easy and do things in your own time. We, and the Pleos, are going anywhere - we're just pleased to have you back in one piece! :D
I had a nurse like that in hopital a few years back - funnily enough after I faced up to her and we had this big fight we got on such a lot better, and she turned out to be a really good person to have on your side. I bet Rhea had her mettle! ;) Sorry to hear about her tail, though. A battle scar, perhaps - honourably gained and to be worn with pride! ;)
Post by: latrine on August 12, 2011, 02:50:07 PM
Thanks.. I really did appreciate the care package, and so did the pleos, in fact, here they are modeling all the clothes! Patxches insisted on grabbing the cowboy outfit from Jules even though Jules was hiding under it to cover all of his missing paint.. and patches also just LOVED his new teddy bear.. my cousins also sent me a care package with a stuffed animal frog (and band aids, twizzlers and a dollar, lol.. just something we always send each other when we are sick..) and Patches took that frog too! So now he has a Kangaroo, a Teddy bear and a frog!
Here is everyone modeling the wonderful clothes and smiling about the nice messages you guys sent me..
Here is the Care Package my cousins sent me.. hehe:
Here is Patches in love with his new friends:
And here he is with ALL of his friends.. he refuses to share them with me. I could be bleeding to death and that little turd still wouldn't share them:
Thanks for the care package.. it's wonderful :)
- Sarah
Post by: Crewella on August 13, 2011, 02:45:56 AM
The little froggie looks a bit nervous, though - I'm sure he'll settle in fine! ;)
They all look great! ;D :-*
Post by: saratogaspringer on August 13, 2011, 04:49:02 AM
Post by: latrine on August 13, 2011, 02:11:04 PM
Yeah Patches does look good with stuffed animals.. and he gravitates toward them too, when he's on, he is always sniffing around them and grazing on them (ouch?) or just playing around with them.. :) He is one in a million.. I wish you could get Scully working, Crewella!!
I think the frog is just pissed because I took away his Twizzlers and his dollar and confused because he is suddenly being hugged by a strange half-naked robot dinosaur cowboy. lol..
- Sarah