Tony had surgery on his shoulder on Wednesday morning. He had a tear that needed repair and it created a cyst that needed to be drained. We had to be at the hospital at 6:30 am. Thankfully Margie took the kids for the night so that we didn't have to wake them up super early.
After we got checked in we were quickly called back to our pre-op room. Tony changed into his gown and got his IV put in him before talking with his doctor. After talking to his doctor we only had to wait for a short time before the orderly came in ready to take Tony back for his surgery. I gave him a kiss and watched them wheel him away, it was kind of sad.
The doctor said that he planned to start at 8:00 am and it should take about three hours. I decided to go get some breakfast and walk around Walmart while Tony was in surgery. I found some good finds at Walmart that were on clearance, so that was fun. I started getting worried that Tony might get done earlier and I would miss the doctor, so I headed back to the hospital. About a quarter to eleven the doctor came out and told me the surgery went well. He showed me the pictures and explained what he did.
About 40 minutes later the nurse came and got me to go back and see Tony. Tony was pretty out of it still and was really sleepy. He was pretty funny at times. He kept saying how tired he was and was so slow to say any words...pretty funny. Tony started in a lot of pain, but after some drugs he was able to get the pain to go down a little and we were able to get ready to go home. We had just wheeled him outside of the room we were in when he started throwing up, poor guy. After a few minutes he started feeling better and we were able to leave for good.
I got Tony home and put him to bed with his sleep apnea machine on (yep, Tony has been diagnosed with sleep apnea and got his c-pap machine just this Monday morning). He was sent home with a wrap on his shoulder that is connected to tub that is in a cooler that is full of ice water. They want him to keep the cold on him all the time for the next three days or so and then off and on after that. It is a pretty cool machine. After he was situated, I got Josh (who was done with school) all set up on the I-pad and a drink before heading to Costco for Tony's drugs. Max came over and sat with Josh and waited for Tyler to get home, which was a big help to me. I asked Margie to bring the girls to our house so that I didn't have to leave Tony any longer then I needed to and she was so nice to bring them to me. They were there when I got back from the store and it was so nice.
Tony rested and was able to eat some food later that evening. He has been doing pretty good since. He hasn't had to take as much medicine as he could, which is really good. He is eating good and feeling pretty good over all. As long as he doesn't move his shoulder at all he doesn't feel much pain either. Now he just needs to be careful not to use it at all and really rest it for the next four weeks.
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