April 29, 2010 SARPE Surgery day

I was nervous when I woke up, but got ready and was prepared. It took a bit for them to call me so it was nerve wrecking waiting. I met the anesthitiologist, who was hilarious and then talked to my surgeon. I kept telling him I did not want to look different as I got used to looking like me. I also told him to make sure he did not give me huge nostrils as I have seen on some people. He just laughed at me and said it was his concern too, then he said stop worrying. I really like him. He knows I do not want the 2nd or 3rd surgery, so he said we will find a way to make everything look great without them.
Surgery lasted like 2 hours, I woke up in ICU, they wanted to watch me closely because of being intubated. I was the only patient there so I got lots of attention. I woke up in lots of pain and had a hard time breathing. My mouth was super dry and no one could understand what I wanted. They had oxygen going which dried out my mouth more. They gave me lots of pain killers which helped me sleep. At one point the nurse was supposed to wake me up to give me more pain meds, but she was being nice and did not want to disrupt my sleep... it back fired. I woke up in severe pain and I was crying and hyperventilating because I hurt so bad. That was the worst of it that day. I was on top of pain meds after that. I also had a hard time urinating, I think my bladder was lazy, but they were very patient with me. I spent the night.