If it can go wrong, it will... At least when it comes to me it seems, LOL. Here's a quick little update for anyone interested. I went in for my surgical biopsy last Monday (finally!!). I was quite impressed with how things were moving along. I got registered, and within ten minutes I was being taken back to get prepped for surgery. The anesthesiologist wanted to try a nerve block before surgery, which is something new since the last time I had this procedure done. He said that about seventy percent of the time a nerve block can reduce post procedural pain for twelve to sixteen hours. With the amount of pain I had after the last VATS, I was all for it! So he and the nurse anesthesiologist got me all marked up, and she gave me IV pain meds before he got started. That was the last thing I remember before waking up in recovery. Usually I'm awake when they take me into the OR, so that was kinda weird, LOL.
So I wake up, see my parents sitting beside me, and the doctor was also in the room. I remember briefly thinking, wow! I've got no pain at all aside from my throat (and an impeding migraine), that nerve block was amazing! Hahaha, silly Briana... The next thing I remember is hearing the doctor say the words "aborted biopsy", which would be why I had no chest pain. So here's the fun part in a nutshell. While I was being intubated, I ended up getting a mucosal tear from the endotracheal tube, which caused bleeding and swelling (and one hell of a sore throat). The bronchoscopy scope that they use for the procedure is much larger, and they had a hell of a time getting it in due to the tear. Once it was in, they closed off air flow to my left lung to see how well I would perfuse with my right lung, and my oxygen saturation dropped into the low 80s. That's when they decided to abort the biopsy. So, yay for me.
There were no beds available in ICU, so I (along with two other patients) got to spend the entire night in recovery. 10 out of 10 do not recommend. There was absolutely no privacy, and I was miserable to say the least. They also kept me NPO (nothing by mouth) in case my airway decided it wanted to close up. So I hadn't had anything to eat since midnight, had a killer sore throat, a migraine and horrible nausea. Fun times. I pretty much spent the entire night either sleeping or staring at the curtain that enclosed my little space. They finally gave the ok for food (breakfast that I couldn't swallow) in the morning, and I was discharged around 11am.
So that was a fabulous experience, and now that my throat is all healed up, I get to do it all over again tomorrow! So fingers crossed that there are no screw ups this time around and we can get this done!! Thanks so much for all the support!! Hopefully my next update will be a bit more positive!! LOL ❤️🤞😃
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