I had a decent night’s sleep. Had my normal medication dosage and was able to sleep a good amount. I woke up fairly early and watched some TV as I dozed on and off. My nurse came in and told me PT would be in shortly to do my exercises and take me on the parallel bars. She also told me Dr. Millis was down the hall and wanted me to get my xrays and get me out of here! He comes down a couple minutes later, I was already in my wheelchair, he grabbed the handles and ran me down the hall (literally, because my nurse Rachelle was running next to me!). We raced down, he told me I was leaving that day and I told him I didn’t want to, I hadn’t passed PT and my dad wasn’t here yet with his truck! He said he didn’t care but I didn’t need to stay in the hospital anymore. I was so confused at this point! I wasn’t ready to leave!!!!! Kevin and Mom got there around 10am and I told them I just had my breakfast, xays and I was to leave that day! I told Rachelle I was going to fail PT so I could stay another day, she said hey, if you don’t pass that you can’t go home. I had it all planned out.
My former roommate, Megan, from my first PAO in January came to visit me today! She works a few minutes away so during her break she came over to see me. I was SO happy to see her and felt so touched. She really looked amazing compared to the last time we saw each other…although I was in the same spot she left me! She brought me some juice that is packed with nutrients. Such a great person. Soon after she came, my PT nurses came in to take me. We ALL (Kevin, Mom, Megan, Me and my PT nurse) all went to watch me walk. So I walked on crutches down the room and back twice. I told her I wanted to fail PT so I could stay another day. She said “I will pretend I didn’t hear that…but I can see you again later LATER on today to work on stairs” I was like sounds great, so by then it would be too late to discharge me. So we went back to my room and hung out for a little while longer. My nurse didn’t realize you could feel the screws through skin since she sees patients that are swollen or just had the hardware removed, so she felt Megan’s screws and thought that was nuts!
After Megan left, I took a shower with the help of Kevin. I felt SO much better and it brought me to life!
The more I thought about it, the more I figured that staying in the hospital one night just to sleep may be a waste of time. So I ended up calling my nurse and having her locate PT and tell them I’d be willing to do stairs and pass today. They took me to the stairwell, I did up and down no problem…so now I can go home. I fell asleep and my nurse came in saying to call her any time I wanted to leave.
We got out of the hospital about 4pm, with Mom, Kevin, Me AND my brother….in my little Fusion since my Dad couldn’t make it so quickly. We were PACKED into the car and it was difficult figuring out how to get me into that thing. But we figured it out and off we went. We sat in a bit of traffic where I found out that my bestest friend Jen was surprising me by coming to visit, even though I TOLD her to come!! She almost put me in tears!! But a little pre-info….her bridal shower was the day after surgery and I was REALLY upset I couldn’t make it. So I was really glad to see her! Such a trickster her and Kevin are!!!! We all ate dinner in the suite and Jen left around 8:30 or so. After Jen left the 4 of us played some cards and I was literally falling asleep at the table! We finished up, I went to bed and Kevin drove Mike back to his apartment. YAY! I made it.
Today was mixed emotions…staying in the hospital which is my security blanket or leaving and starting my recovery along with all my stupid little meltdowns that are sure to come.
Mom and my brother in the car with ALL my balloons. :-)
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