I'm officially in The Halo. DumdumDUM!
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| This sucks. (That's what the sticker says) |
I've been home for roughly two weeks and in The Halo for about four...I dunno, I've kinda lost track of time.
I went into the hospital on the 11th of September and had my first op the next day. That first op was only about 20 - 30 mins and was to put the ring around my head (ie drill it into my skull (!))
I was then attached to the bed with a piece of string being pulled down by weights. This was to lift my skull off my neck. That was pretty tough as every time I had to go to the bathroom my mum had to slide a cardboard potty underneath me :{ (eek!)
The first night after surgery, I made things very hard for myself by projectile vomiting whilst flat on my back <:O not the easiest thing to do whilst aiming at a sick bowl...
However, after that things got better and as the week progressed I became used to it and enjoyed recieving visits from my family and friends.
My Aunt Clare (who we all call Aunt Minx) would bring in incredible brownies. I swear, before the brownies, I was living a highly healthy lifestyle on fruit and water only (this was mainly because the hospital food was atrocious. On my first night in hospital, not knowing any better, I ordered chicken nuggets and chips...now the chips weren't that bad but the nuggets? Eugghh! I have never tasted anything so repulsive.) Either way, after Minx descended these God blessed brownies on me, those are pretty much all I lived on.
Anyway, I continued to have lots of visitors from family etc., one being very memorable and from my Aunt Em and cousin Floss. I was feeling better than I had in days and when Floss and I were fiddling with my spankin' brand new iPad (more on that later), an alarm started blaring like a foghorn.
A flock of nurses came flooding in and Aunt Em emerged from the bathroom, pink in the face. It turned out that she had mistaken the emergency cord for the flush! I don't think I've ever laughed so hard in my life.
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One of the best days was recieving a iPad from my Uncle Pikey in France where he is working at the mo. As I ripped off the wrapping paper all I could see was a white box. I looked up to see what all the fuss was about and was greeted with manic smiles..I'd obviously missed the Apple logo on the sides. When I figured this out I pretty much started hyperventilating...it was a good day
Eventually the 19th rolled around, This was the big one. The one where the surgeons would be attaching my skull to my neck. Eek!
I don't really remember the whole going-down-to-theatre, so I can't really tell you to much about it. I very vaugley remember being wheeled down and then waking up in the High Dependency unit full of screaming babies.
When I woke up the next day, we were back in a private room and so pleased to be.
The next few days were pretty tough as, although I was no longer strapped to the bed, I had to get used to having a cage around my face and a jacket around my chest. Here, I'll show you...
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| Regina George in 'Mean Girls' rocks a Halo. |
So. That's my journey so far. Hey, I've still got a long way to go but I'm living one day at a time. How cheesy is that?!
Ciao!
EH xx
