Post surgery: Day 1-2 (Hospitalization)

(Day 1)

I had a horrible sleepless night the day before but felt much better today. Gone were the dizziness and the urinary catheter was finally removed, though it stung like hell when the nurse was removing it, but hey there weren't restrictions any longer and could settle nature's call in one shot.

Finally, I woke up at 7am in the morning knowing that my surgeon along with his team would come to check on me anytime soon. They came and I told them of my experience the night before, everything sounded fine to them and said they would see once more later in the evening. I was then wheel-chaired down to the dental clinic to get my teeth cleaned and had an X-ray to check on the recovery. I was also taught on how to clean my teeth on my own, it was easy as I had no problem doing it after. After which, I saw myself on the mirror for the first time since the surgery and to my surprise, the swelling wasn't that bad as expected. Breakfast was my first time having ensure milk and it tasted jolly good, this would be used for all my meals for the next few days.

The remaining morning was spent dozing of trying to pass time and in the early afternoon, Sarah came down to visit and accompanied me throughout the next hour. It got pretty annoying having my mouth completely tied with rubber bands as all people could hear coming out of my mouth was "mmmmm" and being a chatty person, this was never my game. The only way to communicate effectively was through written or text messages. After Sarah left, I was transferred to the normal ward and attempted going back to zombie mode after having ensure milk once again for lunch but failed. When evening hit, Amri (secondary school friend) along with my mum and bro came down and kept me company till 9pm. My doctors came down once again and updated me on the recovery, they were pleased with the results shown on the X-ray taken earlier and said that if everything went as expected, I would be discharged by afternoon the day after (Sound of joy from the inside!) The IV was then taken off of me and felt the freedom of moving my left hand though the needle was still intact in case of any injections needed, I was also able to take a stroll around the hospital compound with Amri and accompanied him for dinner, ensure milk once again for myself and Ayam Penyet for himself (drools...).

The night felt young but I couldn't do much and anticipated my discharge.

(Day 2)

I slept much better last night and woke up at 7am once again, anticipating the arrival of my doctors to drop the good news. When they finally came down, they did a thorough check on me and said the words I have been anticipating "All's good, you will be discharged by afternoon". I grabbed my phone and sent a mass text to my mum, girlfriend and friends informing them of my discharge and left the hospital by 12 noon. 

I was prescribed antibiotics, panadols and supplied with cans of vanilla and strawberry ensure milks. Sandra arrived at the right time to pick me up and was my speech translator for the day, we took a cab to my home and got myself to shower the moment i arrived, I felt so fresh and excited to pass the day as I usually do.

In the evening, Sandra and I went for mass at Holy Family (Though I was just discharged, I'm still mobile and fit of course!) and accompanied her for dinner at Katong Laksa. It got real depressing after the sight and scent of the food got to me as I'm still on ensure milks and it got stale, but the words of encouragement from Sandra kept me standing firm and I said to myself that this suffering is only temporary for a lifetime result. I wore a mask out to conceal my bandages and puffy face as being a self-conscious person, I wasn't ready for others to see me in this state.

When I got back home, I had my dinner and it took longer than usual due to the sudden usage of syringes and I wasn't used to it yet. I just couldn't wait for my next appointment on Monday to remove the bandages on my chin which got real annoying,