Gall Bladder Taken Out

Here is a picture of the four holes I know have in my abdomen. I have to keep the gauze on until Thursday. Here is my day:

• 5:20 got up and ready for surgery
• 6:30 left the house
• 7:00 signed in a registered
• 7:30 took me back and put the iv in. Now this is the part I hate the most because it is always an ordeal to get an iv in my arm/hand. The nurse tried my hand first but it didn't work so then she tried my arm and it went in on her second try. She did a good job and it didn't hurt that much.
• 7:45 met the anesthesiologist and he told me that recovery is about 2 hours. I started to get nervous because I don't recover well. I always get sick from the anesthetics. He put a patch behind my ear and loaded me up with nausea medicine.
• 7:50 a nurse anesthetics gave me medicine to relax. She said it would make me laugh and smile but my mom said within 10 seconds of taking the medicine through my iv I was asleep.
• 8:00 took me back. One doctor rubbed my arm while the other put me to sleep. They said that they were sorry for waking me up just to make me sleep again. Then they put the mask on my face and that is all I remember.
• ???? woke up in recovery. I did not get sick!!!! No throwing up or anything! It was wonderful. I woke up in pain and groggy but I would take that over nausea any day. My mom was with me. The nurse let me sleep longer and then woke me up to eat a cracker. She said once I ate and went the bathroom I could go home. My mom helped me get dressed and rolled me into a different room. I then got nausea so they gave me smelling stuff to help.
• I went home and slept until 1:30- waking up occasionally. David came over after class and sat with me for several hours. I floated in and out of sleep.
• My stomach hurts because they had to stretch it out but other than that I feel so much better than I thought. I was expecting to have a rough recovery but so far it has been okay.
• I can not eat anything that is greasy, fatty, or spicy for ten days. I am not aloud to do anything strenuous (no more gym) until after April 14th. I have to get up and walk 2-3 times a day.
• My wonderful mom bought me flowers and is taking excellent care of me!!!