Chapter 6
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Yes...the long awaited chapter 6 is here. Sit back, relax, grab a cup of tea, and enjoy!!
Down the hallway they went. Pammy could feel her knees shaking just slightly. She didn't think the nurses noticed. She was sure the firm grip they had on her was precaution. She wasn't sure if she could make it into the room without passing out. All the sudden she wasn't feeling very brave anymore and she was feeling her heart beating faster.
Through the double doors to the left they went. She suddenly realized that she was standing in the operating room and stopped dead in her tracks. Now she was sure she couldn't take another step!
Looking around she could see bright overhead lights that would have been bright enough to lite up the inside of a football stadium. Lots and lots of surgical equipment scattered about. There was a tray on wheels that a nurse was positioning next to the operating table covered with a light blue paper drape. One nurse was preparing IV bags and hanging them just above the table. Another tray held an assortment of prefilled needles. Everyone in the room was dressed in blue surgical scubs with face mask on. It seemed everyone was buzzing around so quickly that she felt somewhat off balance. The room just seemed to be full of people. She started to count... one, two, three, four, five , six.......Suddenly she felt herself being gently nudged forward.
"Walk over this way, dear, and we'll get you onto the table. Let me just untie the back of your gown before you hop up here" one of the nurses was urging her.
Pammy looked down at the skinniest table she had ever seen with two protruding areas obviously to place your arms on. This wasn't like a bed or cot in a hospital. It wasn't even like a cot in a Doctor's office. It felt more like she was about to attempt the feat of lying on top of a balancing beam.
Somehow with the help of two nurses she managed to climb onto the table. Instantly one nurse took her left arm and placed it on the proper left arm holder. Another nurse took her right arm and placed it on the right arm holder. She also put a blood pressure cuff on that arm that she explained would automatically take her pressure throughout the procedure. At the same time towards the foot of the table was a third nurse that explained she was attaching a grounding pad to her thigh which felt like gel and was very warm. A fourth nurse was attaching electrodes on her chest, rib cage, and side. Then the first nurse was back with a warm blanket to cover her.
All of these task were flawlessly done with percission and speed. There was a calming sense that each participant was well qualified in their duties and this somewhat temporarily eased Pammy's mind.
"Pammy, I'm going to put some medicine in your IV now". Pammy reconized this voice as the Assistant Anestesiologist.
"Is this the part where I start to count my 23 seconds?" Pammy asked.
The assistant chuckled and said, "I like to think I took my time and I'll give you till 25 seconds. Is everyone ready? Good, Dr. Jullian, we're ready to proceed."
Those were the last word's Pammy heard. She had slipped away to never, never land.
The next thing she remembered hearing was her name from somewhere off in the distance....
"Pammy, honey, are you in pain? Do you want some pain medicine?"................
Stay tuned for chapter 7....the conclusion!!
Down the hallway they went. Pammy could feel her knees shaking just slightly. She didn't think the nurses noticed. She was sure the firm grip they had on her was precaution. She wasn't sure if she could make it into the room without passing out. All the sudden she wasn't feeling very brave anymore and she was feeling her heart beating faster.
Through the double doors to the left they went. She suddenly realized that she was standing in the operating room and stopped dead in her tracks. Now she was sure she couldn't take another step!
Looking around she could see bright overhead lights that would have been bright enough to lite up the inside of a football stadium. Lots and lots of surgical equipment scattered about. There was a tray on wheels that a nurse was positioning next to the operating table covered with a light blue paper drape. One nurse was preparing IV bags and hanging them just above the table. Another tray held an assortment of prefilled needles. Everyone in the room was dressed in blue surgical scubs with face mask on. It seemed everyone was buzzing around so quickly that she felt somewhat off balance. The room just seemed to be full of people. She started to count... one, two, three, four, five , six.......Suddenly she felt herself being gently nudged forward.
"Walk over this way, dear, and we'll get you onto the table. Let me just untie the back of your gown before you hop up here" one of the nurses was urging her.
Pammy looked down at the skinniest table she had ever seen with two protruding areas obviously to place your arms on. This wasn't like a bed or cot in a hospital. It wasn't even like a cot in a Doctor's office. It felt more like she was about to attempt the feat of lying on top of a balancing beam.
Somehow with the help of two nurses she managed to climb onto the table. Instantly one nurse took her left arm and placed it on the proper left arm holder. Another nurse took her right arm and placed it on the right arm holder. She also put a blood pressure cuff on that arm that she explained would automatically take her pressure throughout the procedure. At the same time towards the foot of the table was a third nurse that explained she was attaching a grounding pad to her thigh which felt like gel and was very warm. A fourth nurse was attaching electrodes on her chest, rib cage, and side. Then the first nurse was back with a warm blanket to cover her.
All of these task were flawlessly done with percission and speed. There was a calming sense that each participant was well qualified in their duties and this somewhat temporarily eased Pammy's mind.
"Pammy, I'm going to put some medicine in your IV now". Pammy reconized this voice as the Assistant Anestesiologist.
"Is this the part where I start to count my 23 seconds?" Pammy asked.
The assistant chuckled and said, "I like to think I took my time and I'll give you till 25 seconds. Is everyone ready? Good, Dr. Jullian, we're ready to proceed."
Those were the last word's Pammy heard. She had slipped away to never, never land.
The next thing she remembered hearing was her name from somewhere off in the distance....
"Pammy, honey, are you in pain? Do you want some pain medicine?"................
Stay tuned for chapter 7....the conclusion!!
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good stuff
Love it--can't wait for the final chapter.
What will your next book be about? Curious minds want to know.
Margo0 -
Wow.. not so patientlytommaseena said:good stuff
Love it--can't wait for the final chapter.
What will your next book be about? Curious minds want to know.
Margo
Wow.. not so patiently awaiting chapter 7... where is it... ?? Okay about that table they put you on.. I didn't walk into the OR.. Don't think they could have gotten me to if they had wanted me to... but when they told me to scoot over to the "bed" in OR.. I gave the nurse a funny look.. that thing was soooo small... I thought surely I would fall off.. I'm not all that big.. I weigh right around 135lbs.. 5'4.. but I just knew I would somehow fall off.. the nurse apparently read my mind.. she said.. "it's okay honey.. we use this for patients up to 300lbs... it will be okay..." I didn't know they trained nurses in mind reading.. but I was glad to hear I wouldn't be hitting the floor!
Will be checking in too find chapter 7!
Hugs, Love & Friendship
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OH, come on...
that was WAY TOO SHORT!!! Pammy, you should write a book! You put me right in there with you... not that is necessarily a "GOOD" thing LOL!!! I wait with baited breath for the next installment!! Good job and thank you!
Mike0 -
Ohhhhhhh Pammy...More More More!The1percen said:OH, come on...
that was WAY TOO SHORT!!! Pammy, you should write a book! You put me right in there with you... not that is necessarily a "GOOD" thing LOL!!! I wait with baited breath for the next installment!! Good job and thank you!
Mike
PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE
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what timingJoMama54 said:I Love It!
For reals.................takes me back with tears................can't wait for the 7th
chapter. You have a great way with words Pammy!
JoMama
It was one year ago today that I had my surgery. Ironic that this is posted today. Saddens me that somewhere someone else is going through this today.
dawn0 -
I thought they would have me
I thought they would have me count backwards too. The Anestesiologist just kept talking to me and asking me questions. I'd be babbling on not realizing what he was doing till afterwards. I'd drop off like a cliff right in the middle of a sentence. I remembered afterwards exactly what I said but didn't write it down so now I don't remember.0 -
Couldn't take the time to post, so absorbed in the story
Pammy, who knew that cancer surgery could be fun? You've brought back those memories for me, but in a way that they are not so toxic. Thank you so much for writing your life in chapters. I really didn't want to take time to post after Chapter 2, because I wanted to get to Chapter 3, and so on up to this chapter. I'm posting now, tromping at the bit for the imminent chapter 7! Lynn0 -
I love
I love your story. As I was reading it I am imagining myself inside the operating room and on top of the "skinniest table" and all the preparations before the surgery are being performed. I am kind of feeling how I would actually feel on that day but as I was reading your chapter 6 you have such a brave heart that you have succeeded this. Waiting for the chapter 7. Hugs and kisses. God bless.0
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