Hospital discharge，day after surgery 7/31：

can't sleep @@
it's impossible for me to get over this night D:
waist and back were in great pain!!!!

i wake my dad up and asked him what time was it
he said it was 2 something
what!? no way!!
so he read something to me and fed me water and food
later he asked nurse and doctor to give me some sleeping pills and pain killer
it was much better! i fell asleep later

when i was up it was about 9 or 10
family and friends came visit

and then i fell asleep again

when i was awake belle came to visit
and it was about time for me to discharge from hospital
we talked for a bit
and i'm free cuz it's 24 hours from the surgery :))
i sat up and it's so dizzy!!!
nurse removed my IV
and i got of my bed and it was even dizzier!!
i haven't walked for more than 24 hours!!!
family started to pack up

we left the room and then left the hospital
andrew drove the car to pick us up
it's the place where i stay for 3 days
where i experience the extreme pain and happiness
where my disease was healed

it was an unforgettable journey!
and change some part of me!!

thanks for all the blessings and visits my family and friends!

i told me mom,
"i want to visit the surgery place later on..."

Second day of hospitalization，day of surgery 7/30：

dad is staying in the hospital with me so i'm fine
i think about something a.m. nurse came in and brought me a big bag of sodium chloride injection
i think nurse will get it on my iv later

just woke up at about 8:30
didn't sleep well last night cuz the IV and ekg on me
and just got blood pressure measured

now i'm really thirsty
and my stomach is empty

sit and waiting for any further instruction... :/

(below are typed on august 1st... sorry for updating this late)

it's time!
i took off all my cloths and put on the surgery robe
and the nurse connected the sodium chloride injection with my IV

some hospital people pushed my bed out of the room
i ain't wearing glasses so it's all blurry
but i could still recognize some signs
took elevator from 15th floor to 2rd floor
and them i saw "cardiology" and then it "radiofrequency catheter"
i was trembling all the way cuz i'm too nervous knowing that i'm about to get cut @@
dad was with me

i was pushed to a room i think it's a waiting room
there's an old man beside me
he asked that if i'm doing the other kind of catheter (the one for opening up veins and arteries)
my father answered him that i'm doing catheter ablation
and them hospital people asked my dad to wait outside so my dad left and told me not to be nervous

after some minutes
it's my turn
they pushed my bed beside the surgery room
the door looks heavy, it's made of steel with a radiation hazard sign

then i saw a bed pushed beside me
there's a little child i heard that he was only 12 and did the same surgery

the doctor said i should pee before the surgery
so i took my sodium chloride injection to the bathroom
when i walked back to the surgery room i saw instruments and screens
and a huge instrument on top of the operating table
it's an x-ray transmitter
following the doctor's instructions, i sat on the table and then lay on it
they stuck sensors all over my body
they also stuck defibrillator on my back and on my chest
they put heavy coverings on my body and head except my right leg and neck
i could only face the left side
there i saw files in a cabinet and many other instruments

but i was still very conscious
so i asked the doctor, "can i have it stronger?"
the doctor said he'll inject more afterward
and i saw a doctor walked near my sodium chloride injection

they started to do local anesthetics on my neck
it hurts a lot!!!!! i can feel the needle! D:
i groaned...
the doctor put catheter into my neck and into my heart
i can feel something in my chest pressing against my lungs
it's not fine at all :(
and then i suddenly felt unclear the sounds got real blurry and i could hear echos
it felt like you're waken periodically when you're sleeping
and then it's my leg
it still hurts a lot!!! i groaned! the doctor put catheter inside my leg and to my heart

i could only recall parts of the surgery
i heard doctors calling numbers
250, 260, 300, 500...
300 watts, 20 second, 25 second...
ablation....
i felt my heart beating slow and fast
i remembered that i felt my heart stopped for a few second as well

and then a doctor came near my injection and my heart began to pump vigorously
the whole table was shaking @@

"i'm going to remove the catheter, it might hurt a bit"
"oh..." but i dun think it hurts

they pressed against my wound on my leg and neck
they put a very flexible bandage on my leg wound
a 2-kg sand bag was put on my leg wound

then they moved me to my bed and pushed me out of the room
i saw my dad, mom, and my brother
then all the way back my room on 15th floor

they said they'll remove the sand bag after 6 hours
and i could only lie flatly on my bed and i should not move for the next 24 hours

my at my room
i talked to my family but my neck hurts
then i fell asleep

i remembered that during that day a lot of people came to visit me
there's my cousins, uncles, aunts, grandma
my friends
rose, kim, michelle lu, daniel lee, and keke and moms
i could only wave my hand and say thanks and bye
but i really appreciate their visit :D

nurse said i should pee
i did :)

Day of hospitalization，1 day before surgery 7/29：

can't sleep last night
cuz i slept too early last night

anyway just woke up and mom said there's one vacant room in the hospital
i'm leaving very very soon

i'm now at my room at hospital
good view of taichung city from the window

i'll get blood test later which is scary

didn't feel nervous about the surgery for now dunno why
and i got an armband!

i got blood pressure test, and ekg, and something really 害羞...
and went out of hospital to mcdonald's and familymart to buy our dinner

now i'm really nervous cuz i'll get blood test anytime :O

my family r here with me now; i'm really happy
my dad even got me flowers :))

just got x-ray
mom was informed that i'll have surgery tmr 11am
still waiting for blood test nervous!

btw my cousin came and dropped by cuz she worked here

got IV on my left wrist which also includes the blood test
it hurts for a while but it's ok now
i can't eat or drink after 12
but i think i'm ok with that

i also got a 24hr ekg machine
i'll carry it around with me

imma sleep now
dunno if i'll update for tmr

i'm fine

2 days before surgery, one day before hospitalizing

typing down how i feel now

it's really getting on my nerves!!
massive research recently on web for info about the surgery and any first hand experience from past patients
but the descriptions really makes me even more nervous

http://collotype.blogspot.com/2009/11/radiofrequency-catheter-ablation.html
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jonathan67.tw/article?mid=1856&prev=1860&next=1845
got some insights from these two sites!

doctor said he'll give me conscious sedation
i'll be awake but not feeling anything
and after that i'll not remember anything during the surgery
it's memory loss! cool huh?

but whenever i think about how the wires and tubes are going into my arteries and veins
through right side of my neck and right leg
and into the heart
it's not cool anymore.... :(
sounds very painful
i wanna sleep thru it :((

so now i'll prepare things for tmr
hospital will call and it'll be the time of hospitalization
i'll bring my macbook pro and camera!
and things to spend time
since i can't move after the surgery

i'll update later if i got the chance....
i'll post new entries later on...
Day of hospitalization，1 day before surgery 7/29：
Second day of hospitalization，day of surgery 7/30：
Hospital discharge，day after surgery 7/31：