I Survived!

As I drifted in and out of consciousness, I was vaguely aware that I was surrounded by people, presumably doctors and nurses. I also caught snatches of what was said. One doctor commented that my back was wet and I mumbled something about breaking out in cold sweat. Another doctor said that they were going to give me some medicine, but I did not get the name.

I overheard them talking about leaving someone behind to monitor my condition. As I came to groggily, I found they had left Dr L sitting by my bedside watching over me. They must have given me sedation because I found it very difficult to become fully awake.

Much later, I realised that I had 3 needle puncture marks on my arms - 2 on my left and 1 on my right arm. That's not good because my right arm was not supposed to have needle punctures as I had lymph nodes removed during surgery.

They had also clamped off both tubes, which probably helped to stabilise my condition.

As there were intervals that I was totally oblivious to what was going on, I had no idea as to what else had actually been done. All I know is that, at least, they didn't lose me.

I had wondered what would have happened if I had lost consciousness before the doctor came, as the nurses would have left me alone thinking I was asleep because I was just out of the operating theatre. And the nurses would only come when it was time to take my blood pressure or oxygen level. Would that mean I might have become comatose or dead? I really don't know, but I do know that I was lucky, probably had guardian angels watching over me that day.

I did not received a full explanation about what really happened. Only Dr K mentioned that probably my body was reacting to the foreign objects (the chest tubes), and that they were probably causing me some discomfort and pain. Not true, because the effects from the LA had not worn off and I had not felt any discomfort.

I was very certain my problem started when they turned on the valves.