What happened before the Laparoscopy

Hubby said that he can’t tell if I was worried at all about the laparoscopy that I would undergo in the afternoon. He thought I managed to keep my mind at ease and was pretty impressed with this.

What I did was trying to leave all the horrifying thoughts behind me. Prayed for the surgery, and invited my prayer warriors - dear sisters in Christ from previous & current churches to join me in prayer. Of course I also did a lot of other stuff like surfing net, checking office email to diverse my thoughts or to keep myself occupied.

I also thought I would be able to keep my cool, but no, I failed to do so. The moment the nurses started pushing me to the operating theater, tears suddenly rolled down my cheeks as memories of my first surgery flashed before me. My hubby wanted to wait with me at the entrance of the operating theater but was not allowed to do so. But the nurses there were kind enough, a few of them came forward & spoke to me with words of comfort. They asked me to hold my tears back otherwise I would suffer from nose block after the surgery. Two nurses came and asked me for my doctor’s name, my name, my NRIC and if I have any drug allergy. Another nurse repeated the same questions when I was finally pushed into the operating room.

The room that they used for my operation is painted with girly pink that calmed me down a little. The anaesthetist had a short chat with me before giving me an injection. I think I knocked out within a minute or two…the rest ,as they said is history already.

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