Surgery Day

This is my surgery updates provided by my wife while I was being operated on.

8:40am In the OR, I'm lights out getting my teeth wrapped in bars and hooks. Apparently this is long and tedious. Got my Grills!!!

10:51am The first cutting begins

2:00pm Another update, surgery is going well, just taking a long time.

4:45pm in the words of my wife: he is out and doing well. Normal blood loss. They got his jaws out 12mm which is the max they could do so they are very happy about that. Tonight his mouth is open so he can breath. Tomorrow he will be wired shut. We will be able to see him when he comes to completely and is moved to the ICU



5:00pm
I'm just waking up, normally they call patients of this surgery "tomato heads" because we come out swollen and BLOODY. Now I guess I didn't fit this so well I wasn't too bloody. Apparently I only lost 1 liter of blood.... I remember hearing the guy to my right possibly a nurse tell me I'm just waking up and doing well. I remember asking to see Becky. This is the recovery area. My airway was doing will so they didn't wheel me into the ICU. This is another good sign. I was in and out of consciousness and in my room by around 9pm. 4th floor room 433 was my home for the next few days. Becky and my Dad left late that night and Becky promised to return the day.