Surgery 7/15/13

Yesterday morning at 4:20 a.m., I got out of bed with the fear that I would not wake up after my ACL and meniscus surgery.  I was scared up until I was given an IV which my nurse told me would make him look like Johnny Depp.   Before I was given the IV, my preacher, my parents, and I all bowed our heads and prayed to God asking him for my safety during surgery and a speedy recovery.  This was probably about the ninth time I had prayed in the last five hours (I did not sleep the night before), but I am so glad I kept praying.
Once I awakened after surgery, I tried to remember what had happened before I had been put to sleep.  However, all I could recall was telling the doctor "This isn't how it looks on Grey's Anatomy!" After I collected my thoughts and realized that I had in fact woken up from surgery, I asked the nurse how it went.  You can only imagine how extremely excited I was when the nurse (who was my favorite person in the world at that moment), told me that my meniscus was not torn when they took a closer look! That basically means that my rehabilitation can go much smoother than we originally anticipated! I honestly don't think that I had ever felt as blessed as I had that very moment.

I just thought I should share with everyone what I wrote on my leg before surgery! Unfortunately, my doctor did not find it as funny as all my friends did! I really did not want them to cut into my good leg too!