Biopsy Day

15th March, 2012,

We were at the hospital at 8.30am, ready for surgery at 9am. Chris had been advised that she must fast prior to surgery (midnight the night before), we both had a terrible sleep & woke up super early, ready to go in & get this over with.

When we arrived, we were taken into the day surgery, pre-op bedroom... stats were taken & we waited...& waited... 9.00am, 11.00am, 1.00pm, 3.00pm, rolled by, ever so slowly. Susie came to support Chris & so did Rob (Chris's brother). Chris has a very tight knit family & their love & support is amazing...

While waiting, Chris was hungry & hankering for a coffee. She was getting migraines from the lack of food & water. Yep, waiting around that long in a hospital, felt like we were sucked into a black hole, as time became so irrelevant.

Finally at 4.00pm, they came to take Chris to theater, Chris was actually happy to see the person that wheels you down.

Now, I quickly drive back home & meet up with Chris’s family, so we can all go back & see Chris, post surgery.

Chris opened her eyes in recovery at 6.20pm. We were all at the hospital, eagerly waiting for Chris to be wheeled out. We nearly jumped every patient that was wheeled past the ward, where we found out she was going to be taken. Time, 7pm, finally we see her, she still was majorly groggy but was able to see that we were all there. We were all so relieved to see her & for me, to just see her face was like the best thing ever.

About an hour after Chris came out of surgery, her blood pressure suddenly dropped dramatically. We were all asked to stand back, the curtains were drawn & 3 Doctors gathered around her.. It was really scary, as we didn't know what was going on. Chris had a terrible experience when they were checking her blood count (I think), via arteries in her wrist. This was like no usual blood test, it's where they go directly into the arterial vein (very painful). We could hear Chris in pain & it was heartbreaking. Eventually they were able to stabilized her & by that stage, it was around 10.30pm...13+ hours of hospital time, since she was first admitted.

Chris's procedure was supposed to be a day procedure but Chris stayed in hospital due to low blood pressure. We left around 11.30pm. It was a huge day.

As I was driving home, I was devastated.. what we thought was to be a simple operation, had turned into something bigger. I got home, into an empty bed & fell into a restless sleep.