Even if at the clinic all I did was sleep between swallowing pills and eating pretty decent hospital food, it's really nice to be home.
Olivier's been really sweet, he went shopping for groceries for me yesterday, he made my bed on the sofa and prepared my breakfast. And he's vacuum cleaning as we speak. So why is he doing everything for ME?
Because I can't really move much, he won't be here for 10 days and I need food to survive. And a clean house is pretty great, especially when you're forced to stay indoors all the time.
I did clean the house last Sunday before leaving for the clinic. So Olivier only had a few things to take care of.
I wish that next week I'll be able to do something else than just lie down and get up just to go to the toilet or get me something to eat.
I might consider taking a shower from time to time.
I mean, I will need the help of a home nurse 2 times /week....
But just to change the bandages. Otherwise I can manage.
The stay at the clinic was pretty pleasant.
Sunday evening before going to sleep pretty early in the room for 2 people where only I slept for the whole duration of my stay, I had to take an antiseptic shower using the "shower gel" they gave me.
A nurse came to wake me up (even if I hadn't really managed to sleep well during the night) at 5:30 so that I could take another antiseptic shower just before the operation.
2 hours later I was wheeled into a waiting room with other patients and given the anesthetic to put my right leg to sleep.
I guess that by the time they wheeled my into the operating room I was so tired that I just barely managed to stay awake. I just remember lying there, listening to them talking and explaining what they were doing, with a small smile on my lips.
When he started using his electric saw("it slices, it dices, it makes French fries and three different..!" - ahem), the sound it made was pretty impressive. I did feel the impact of it on my foot, but not the pain.
I think it must've lasted for like 1½hrs, before they wheeled me back out to the same waiting room and plugged me into this machine that calculated my oxygen level, my blood tension and my pulse.
If ever any of those 3 went below the average, the machine started to beep.
It kept beeping all the time.
A heart rate below 45 is considered as below average and mine beats at ~43 /per minute.
So they had to reprogram the machine to lower the "danger" level but even still it beeped from time to time.
3 different nurses came to see what the beeping was all about and every single one asked me the same question : "You must be pretty sportive huh ?"
-Um, not especially, no...
"Well you have the heart for it"
- k.. *snore*
There was a quick x-raying before being wheeled back to my room.
They forbade me to move from my bed for the remaining of the day. I avoided drinking too much water, but still, a chamber pot was needed........... so embarrassing...
During my stay after that I just slept, played with my HTC and read books. And slept some more.
I never really suffered. I felt that my leg started to wake up, the muscles trembled and hundreds of nails kept pricking my skin. But no pain.
I saw the beauty of my leg Tuesday morning when a nurse came to change the bandage.
I have to admit that I was pretty surprised by the size of the opening. One image came to mind :
It'll make one mighty scar.
I got to see the X-rays yesterday. The had sawed 2 of my bones and fixed them back into place with nails.
I wonder if I'll beep when passing through airport security.
So, that done,
I have 2 months before me.
2 months of REST.
I hope I won't get too bored.
A client of mine sent me a box full of DVDs !
I mean... that's just so sweet.... she doesn't want me to fall into boredom so she sent me multiple seasons of different series and a few films. I was really touched.
I mean, she had asked me for my address, but.. I never imagined that she'd really do it.
I mean, she could forget.
...but she didn't...
I wonder how to repay her.. hmhmhmh..
Oh and I decided to invite the girls over for a visit !
And I already know what to offer them :
A cupcake fondue ! :D
Imagine this, mini plain or choco muffins, melted choco, melted white choco, liquid caramel, different sprinkles, slices of fruit, berries..
It'll be great ! :D
Muahahahahahahaaa !
Oh and I bought my tickets to go to Sri Lanka !! :D
ça y est, it's official! I'm hyped ! :)
I put a photo of my foot in my section "Photos".
If you want to see it, be my guest.
Any damage done to your PC following you throwing up on it is not of my fault.
Cheers.
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