Day 1: This is the Day!

Day 1 - Thursday (March 22, the day of my surgery)

After the surgery, they woke me up. They (nurses or doctors maybe, I was sedated so I don’t know) asked me to lay on my left and stop coughing to avoid bleeding. I knew I was coughing but I didn’t know why. I remembered the tube in my mouth, I tried to bite it but it was no longer there. Yehey! I could hardly breathe, at the back of my tongue was full of saliva yet I couldn’t swallow. It was so painful, still tolerable though. I stayed in the recovery room until around 5pm - I couldn’t sleep. I wanted to go back to my room and read my Bible. I felt like staying in the recovery room for hours was a waste of time haha! Stubborn. But of course, I submitted, aside from me having no choice, because they are nurses and doctors and they know better. I fully understand that God uses human means such as them to care for my health.

A doctor approached me, checked my heartbeat? Not sure. Asked some questions and told me I could go back to the comfort of my loving room. Yehey!

Waiting for me were my friends, Nadene and Jayzel. But they had to go to work at night. I was not worried. My nurses are so nice. I was left alone in the hospital. They served me dinner - 3 packs of different juice drinks and vanilla ice cream. Day 1 wasn’t hard. It was very comfortable. All medicines went through IV - I don’t know what that is, let’s say dextrose. Hehe! Swallowing was still painful, yet I needed not to swallow anything. I was asleep most of the time, maybe because of the pain reliever. I had time to read my Bible, still. Praise God!

Dr. Kirt went to check on me. To see him was very relaxing. He doesn’t just know exactly what he’s doing, he’s very passionate about it. He’s a doctor with a heart. I wish I could find time to share the Gospel with him one day. He held my hand so I could stand up and gave some advise, as usual, I couldn’t remember. He said he wanted me to stay in the hospital the whole day tomorrow and observe me. I was fine with it.