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DBS Surgery #2 and First Programming

On Monday May 2nd, I had the second part of my DBS surgery. I got there at 6:15 and by 7:30 I was being wheeled into the operating room. I dont remember much after that until I was waking up in recovery. I had a severe headache so they gave me pain medications and wouldn't let my parents come see me. A little while later I had to go to the bathroom and did't want to go on the bedpan so they tried getting me up. I felt pretty dizzy and didn't feel that good so they tried laying me back down. I don't remember much after that except the nurse yelling "I need help" and there were 4 nurses picking me up. I must have blacked out. After that they gave me so many pain meds that they had to keep telling me to breath. It was very scary. My parents could finally come in after all of this and I was so happy to see them! My nurse wasn't the greatest but the nurse I had next was even worse. I had one nurse from 4-9 and she was absolutely terrible. She ca,e in once to check on me and didn't even know what I had done! At 9, I finally got a nice nurse who checked on me and helped me up and take care of me. They never found me a room so I had to sleep in the recovery room. I was the only patient in there so it was pretty spooky but thankfully my mom got to stay with me. Tuesday morning I woke up and had some pain in my neck but it wasn't too bad. By 12:00 noon I was going home. I was so happy to go home and finally see my baby girl. Even though I cant hold her for another 4 1/2 weeks, its good to be next to her and have her sit on my lap.
Today, I got "turned on" and programmed. It took quite a long time to get the settings right so I didn't feel weird. At first my left eye was twitching and my left hand felt weak. At one point when the settings were pretty high I felt like I couldnt talk. So, he turned it down after that and had me leave for an hour and then go back to his office to let him know I felt ok. He said its a very good sign that my hand felt weak and its a step in the right direction, its just going to take some time. I have to go back next week to turn it up a little.
This is the first time in my life I have felt so hopeful that Im going to get better and be able to use my hand again and take care of Hailey!! I am very excited!!!

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