Surgery

First off, yesterday it was a beautiful day out...and ya know what?! I was outside ALL day and for the first time in THREE years I did NOT get hives, did NOT get tachycardia and did NOT end up in ER... Praise The Lord!!! New Addison's meds are doing their job.

So... Here we go tomorrow (Tuesday) surgery on the knee to close up the wound! Anyone want to trade places with me? I keep telling myself this is going to go well, I am ok, this isn't MAJOR surgery, I've been through worse.... But I'm still am anxious, worried, and stressed mess!! Here's the run-down...

Midnight stop eating.
8:00am stop drinking.
10:00 dropping Darla & Olive off at vet for the night :)

My good friend Morgan is coming around lunch time and is my surgery buddy. mom will come out eventually.

2:00 get to CDH and do last minute labs they need.
2:30 surgery "check in"
4:00 scheduled surgery start time.

Surgery is about an hour, once I am put under. Here's what I know. They surgically clean my wound and "trim" any unviable tissues off the knee/wound. They are then "slicing" a patch of skin from my thigh. (Think of like a cheese slicer). They stretch and clean that skin. The NEW skin is then placed over my open wound like a patch and will be stitched on/over the wound. He is not sure if he is going to use a "wound vac" yet, but I could have a wound vac put on over the knee to help with healing. My knee will be wrapped & and I will be in a immobilizer. The "donor" site, my thigh, is sort of like a nasty road rash burn and heals on its own. It is scheduled as outpatient with the possibility of staying the night. I was told this an uncomfortable healing process and I will need to be patient - fun. Having this RIGHT over the knee also makes the healing tricky. Otherwise... Ill find everything else out tomorrow when I see Dr Sigalove.

Praying it all goes well... Praying I don't get any infections... Praying the skin graft "takes" to the new site... Doing a lot of praying....

Ill be sure to get an update out tomorrow evening to let everyone know how things go.

Thanks everyone.
Love
Mandy