Mom feels like a new woman! An hour after her pacemaker procedure, she looks better and has more energy than I've observed in the past two years. Seriously, she seems like a different (younger!) version of herself.
This morning, she was kind of whiny and complaining like an "old woman". A few hours later, post surgery, she is laughing, talking, eating, joking, and smiling like she doesn't have a care in the world. It's so good to see her like this! This is the Mom that I know and love. I am now fully convinced that Dr. T is God's angel representative on this earth.
We arrived at Rush Medical Center at 6:30am and started the check-in process. We were then escorted to the Ambulatory Center for pre-surgical prep. Mom changed into a robe and slippers and had her blood pressure taken and had some blood drawn. She is such a trooper and didn't complain at all. Well, except when they told her that she had to take all her clothes off... including her underwear. Apparently, Mom's modesty was affronted. ;-) We then proceeded to a family waiting room until it was Mom's turn to head into surgery. It was just a few moments before she was climbing into her wheel chair to head to surgery. She was so anxious to get into the wheel chair that she almost forgot to hug and kiss us! She just didn't think about it. I guess she knew that she had no reason to say goodbye to her daughters.
My sister and I went to the cafeteria and had breakfast and then headed to the waiting room (which was packed, by the way) to wait on news of our Mother. Dr. T called us at about 9:45am to let us know that the surgery was over, it went well, the pacemaker was working well, and that they were stitching her up and would send her to Recovery for about an hour before assigning a room for the night. We got the call that she was in her room at about 11:15am. When we arrived at her room, she was doing so well! If I didn't know that she had surgery that morning, I would have never guessed. She is just such a new woman!
Mom will stay in bed for 4 hours, then is allowed to walk around, etc. She will have a chest xray tomorrow and then will be released.
She is already arguing with us. She doesn't want to understand that there is a specific procedure to get her back to "normal" for her Coumadin levels. She is telling all of us what dosage of pill she should take. Yes, this is the Frances we all know and love. She is baaaaaaaaaaccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkk!
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