Jaw Surgery : Surgery Day/ Day 1 of Double Jaw Surgery

Surgery day was not as nerve racking as I was expecting it to be! I got to the hospital at 5:30 am. I was the first surgery of the day. The only tough time was getting my IV. I have very difficult veins, I have always had trouble with getting blood taken. I got pricked 6-7 times before they (it took 2 different men) just had to try my feet. After a few attempts they were able to get the IV into my left foot. So I am black and blue all over my body. They moved the IV to my arm after I was out. I guess they had to wait because of how aggressive they probably had to be. I woke up in recovery. My surgery was 2 hours and went smoothly. I had a difficult time waking up so I was in there for a while, they said once I was awake I could see my family and I really wanted to see some familiar faces. Once I was finally awake for more than 5 minutes they wheeled me to my private room. It was nice, they kept my on an oxygen mask to try to wake me up more and I stayed in it the whole time I was there. I slept some but found it difficult. I have a giant family and felt up too seeing everyone so sleep slipped my mind. I had my mom, dad, stepmom, stepdad, grandmother, great aunt, sister, boyfriend and my sister's boyfriend there. I also video chatted both of my brothers. I was too afraid to try to talk. I knew if I did it would hurt. Luckily my mom and I know sign language and I had a paper and pen so it was helpful. I was not in pain just numb everywhere. Especially inside my mouth. I drank 1 ounce of broth and that was it for the day. Today has been better. I did very good with liquids and was discharged from the hospital around 10:00 this morning. I've had a lot to drink! This morning was rough, I am not going to lie. I absolutely loved my nurses at the hospital they were very kind but they were not very good at staying above the pain. So this morning my meds dimmed and I was left with pain until my new ones kicked in and that was very painful. Like a deep bone ache. The pain is mainly on my right side of my jaw. And the sinus head aches are a pain. I also got very nausous with the steriods they gave me and had trouble using the bathroom. LUCKILY I did not throw up. I am exhausted but feel up to writing and socializing some (with a white board) But this recovery is so far not as bad as I thought it would be. I am not nieve though. I know it will get worse around day 3 and I will soon begin to feel the hunger but for now I am good. And man does chocolate boost taste like heaven. I miss food but boost defiantly feels me up! I am keeping on sleepy medicine which I am loving.

Until tomorrow! Bye readers!

PS: I am on heavy meds so if none of this makes sense I apologize, also BIG shoutout to my family for being so supportive and such a big help. I love you all!

Here are some pictures from today

Me today, steroids helped swelling tremendously