Kim Nicole's Anatomy...: Catch Up & Complications

So this is the first evening since I've got home on Friday that I even felt like blogging. Thanks to everyone that has call and checked on me or left a message. It really means a lot.

Here is a picture of me before I went into surgery on Wednesday morning.

This is what I know and what I was told. After being in surgery for a couple hours the anesthesiologist was testing my blood. He learned that I had a condition called Metabolic acidosis. My blood pressure dropped and that caused unhealthy levels of gas in my blood (I think?) They were able to finish the most important parts of the surgery and then they closed it up and I was put in ICU on a respirator for over 24 hours on Thursday and Friday. This is strange because my days are all mixed up and it's as if I didn't live on Thursday cause I wasn't awake. The parts of the surgery that haven't been completed can be done in Dr. Bates office later. I was also referred to a Kidney specialist so try and figure out what went wrong. I knew something was up because I still had the cathader in and that was supposed to be removed by the time I woke up and my room was really small. I was very confused when I woke up and I remember a few visitors that came by. I'm still a little confused but I have an appointment with my surgeon on Wednesday afternoon and I'm sure things will be cleared up.

Since Friday, I've been chilling in bed for the most part. This recovery is grueling because eating is a tricky thing. Well it's not really tricky, there is no eating, I guess nourishment is tricky. I have a splint in that is wired to my top teeth for 3 weeks. This has mostly affected my speech but it will be off soon enough. I'm still swollen but that is expected after a surgery of the magnitude. Picture time... I will be showing the good, the bad and the ugly so close it now if you don't want to see.