I have been absent from blogging for a while which is sad because I was doing so well at updating daily. To be fair though, I have a legitimate excuse. I had my gall bladder out on Friday so I am healing and bumming around and stuff.

However, I will give you a little taste of what happened at the hospital. First, my surgery was scheduled for 7:30am so they wanted us to be at the hospital at 5:30. I flew into the San Jose Airport at 10:10pm the night before and didn't get to bed until after midnight, so the 5:30 wake up call was not so happily anticipated.

We got to the hospital and got to sit there for most of the 2 hours and do nothing. (okay, I changed into a hospital gown and booties, they took my vitals and I got my I.V. installed). Then, they wheeled me into the OR and they put me on the table. The anesthesiologist leaned over my head and said, "time for the good stuff." It was over. I don't remember anything else. WEIRD!!!

I woke up about an hour later in the post-op room and slowly came to terms with my surroundings. Shortly after coming to and talking to the nurse for a while, I was wheeled to a different room for a few hours until I accomplished my leaving tasks and then I was allowed to leave. My leaving tasks were:

- go to the bathroom
- keep down some crackers and water
- walk around
- not be in too much pain or nauseated

I accomplished the list in about 2 hours and then I went home to continue to be bored because there is not much you can do when you just had surgery.

So, to end this post, I thought I would write down a few first of this experience.
It was the first time I had:

- anesthesia
- oxygen mask
- heart monitor
- breathing tube
- these circulation booties (they went from my knee to my ankle and they tightened and release helping circulation so i don't get blood clots)
- surgery
- been in an operating room
- been wheeled around in a gurney
- been in a hospital gown and booties

Oh, I also got a souvenir water bottle! Whoohoo!!!