What a day! It all started so nicely--TJ and Laura brought Hayley a donut for breakfast, which she proclaimed to all was the best buttermilk bar ever! She looks way better (no matter what Mister Negative might say). Then Dan, Marcy, Connor and Gerrard dropped in for a nice visit, followed by Mike and Shirley. Patricia then stopped off and delivered that nice rack you see in the previous picture, along with a nice x-rated tic tac toe game. Then it was Cathryn with a wonderful M&M dispenser and a cool pair of shades for Hayley.
Around 7:00 cousin Jackie dropped by and the 5 of us were having a great time chatting and telling old story's. At about 7:30 we had decided to go grab some dinner, when one of the doctors came in and said he wanted a minute with Hayley. The nurse chased us out of the room, and a few minutes later the Dr. (not Buntic, but one of the younger Doctors) came up to me and let me know that they were no longer getting any feedback from Hayley's right breast. He continued to explain that if the breast may not proper blood flow. So they were going to do a couple of other tests first, but it looked like she would have to go back into surgery!
F---Me! That would mean getting her ready to go back under, and a couple more hours on the table under the knife, then start the recovery all over again (ICU and the whole nine yards!) At least 4 more days here! Then he said, "Not to worry you, BUT it is never a good thing when after 4 days we have a problem". No shit Sherlock! Now those little voices that were all rested up since Tuesday night started back chiming in. This time i had TJ, Laura, and Jackie all to share my fear with.
Enter the coolest cat in the room, Jackie, who led the troops in a stirring battle of HangMan, as we all tried to keep our mind off of the impending surgery. After saying the Serenity Prayer about 10 times to myself, I pulled TJ aside and told him, there must be some kind of mistake--maybe the wire was disconnected or something.
At about 9 the more senior doctor on duty tonight (Dr. Buntic was called, and would be in to do the cutting) came in to take a look for himself, before the surgery. They had just finished a 8 hour surgery, some poor guy had got his hand stuck in a cement mixer (and it had been cut off) and they had re-attached it. He took one look at Hayley's new Juggs, and said "they look awfully good to not have circulation". A collective sigh from the 5 of us. Then he asked the nurse if she had checked the wire? "No, never though of it" she said. He switched leads, and low and behold her right breast was actually getting plenty of blood flow--there had been a faulty GREEN WIRE!
So after an hour and a half of terror, all was back to peacefulness! Jackie broke into the M&M's and we sucked down the victory candy that melts in your mouth not in your hand! Finally Hayley chased us out--she was ready to go to sleep. The younger Dr. came back before we left and apologized, he was sorry to have put us through the ringer like that, he just wanted to be on the safe side. We all told him we understood, and thanked him for looking out for our girl.
Jackie led us to some great Thai food, and then took TJ & Laura out for some liquid relaxation. I came here to update you all, and to let you all know that all is well, hopefully Hayley and I will be coming home Monday or Tuesday, and as of right now, there will be no more surgery!
Next time, check the GREEN WIRE FIRST!
Around 7:00 cousin Jackie dropped by and the 5 of us were having a great time chatting and telling old story's. At about 7:30 we had decided to go grab some dinner, when one of the doctors came in and said he wanted a minute with Hayley. The nurse chased us out of the room, and a few minutes later the Dr. (not Buntic, but one of the younger Doctors) came up to me and let me know that they were no longer getting any feedback from Hayley's right breast. He continued to explain that if the breast may not proper blood flow. So they were going to do a couple of other tests first, but it looked like she would have to go back into surgery!
F---Me! That would mean getting her ready to go back under, and a couple more hours on the table under the knife, then start the recovery all over again (ICU and the whole nine yards!) At least 4 more days here! Then he said, "Not to worry you, BUT it is never a good thing when after 4 days we have a problem". No shit Sherlock! Now those little voices that were all rested up since Tuesday night started back chiming in. This time i had TJ, Laura, and Jackie all to share my fear with.
Enter the coolest cat in the room, Jackie, who led the troops in a stirring battle of HangMan, as we all tried to keep our mind off of the impending surgery. After saying the Serenity Prayer about 10 times to myself, I pulled TJ aside and told him, there must be some kind of mistake--maybe the wire was disconnected or something.
At about 9 the more senior doctor on duty tonight (Dr. Buntic was called, and would be in to do the cutting) came in to take a look for himself, before the surgery. They had just finished a 8 hour surgery, some poor guy had got his hand stuck in a cement mixer (and it had been cut off) and they had re-attached it. He took one look at Hayley's new Juggs, and said "they look awfully good to not have circulation". A collective sigh from the 5 of us. Then he asked the nurse if she had checked the wire? "No, never though of it" she said. He switched leads, and low and behold her right breast was actually getting plenty of blood flow--there had been a faulty GREEN WIRE!
So after an hour and a half of terror, all was back to peacefulness! Jackie broke into the M&M's and we sucked down the victory candy that melts in your mouth not in your hand! Finally Hayley chased us out--she was ready to go to sleep. The younger Dr. came back before we left and apologized, he was sorry to have put us through the ringer like that, he just wanted to be on the safe side. We all told him we understood, and thanked him for looking out for our girl.
Jackie led us to some great Thai food, and then took TJ & Laura out for some liquid relaxation. I came here to update you all, and to let you all know that all is well, hopefully Hayley and I will be coming home Monday or Tuesday, and as of right now, there will be no more surgery!
Next time, check the GREEN WIRE FIRST!
5 comments:
Sorry you all had the scare. Good grief. I have to say I am very impressed with Hayley, besides keeping good spirits throughout this ordeal she is able to resist the temptation of typing on the laptop.... but at the same time I miss her so much it is killing me!
Thanks for the updates and tender loving care Tim. And that flower vase is just hysterical!
Rock on and you guys will be home before you know it :)
Heavens to Betsy, as my mother would say.
I agree with Margerie--I miss Hayley too. My inbox is just not the same these days.
Love to both of you!
hi auntie hayley this is kyle i am so glad you're alright and i miss you a lot, hope you get better soon:-)!!!!!!!!!
lots of love,
Kyle
Hang in there Hayley! Love, Joe and Chris
We just wanted you to know we are thinking of you every day. Sorry you had such a scare. We wish you the best, you both are fantastic! Take care and have a safe trip home.
All our love, Sue and Totsy
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