The surgery is over!!! Actually it's been over for awhile. Today is day 15 post-surgery, day 16 in the hospital. I haven't been up for blogging or really doing much of anything that requires brain power until quite recently (like right now), but hospital boredom has finally got to me...
So as you're probably aware, the surgery went great! The last thing I remember before passing out on the operating table was my amazing surgeon reassuring me that I was in good hands. Thank you, thank you, thank you for praying on the day of surgery. They were able to harvest over 7,000 islets/ kg which is much higher than they were expecting to get due to the calcification of my pancreas. I think it's very promising that I will be insulin free in the future once my islet cells kick in and adapt to their new home in the liver. :) Also, the surgeon said my pancreas looked awful when he took it out, calcification on the inside and out, so it was a good decision to have surgery. yay.
These last two weeks have been such a blur, but I'll blog more about what I remember from my hospital experience later. The nurse just gave me some meds down my J-tube (the feeding tube that goes into my jejunum), and I feel really funny right now. So I'll come back to blogging later. I should be getting discharged soon, so hopefully my next post will be at home!
