Catch Up Part 2

Since I was finally feeling better. I was now hungry lol but of course after an operation, no one wants you to have anything but fluids until your body is functioning normally on its own. Most of you probably know the drill, you have to be urinating and having regular bowel movements and be passing the inevitable gas { I use peppermint tea to aid this by the way} So being denied food, what was the next best thing my mind could come up with? Pranks lol, pranks that could only be played this early in the game so I got my daughter to help me set it up. The girls had made a beautiful fibreglass cast of my lower right leg, which by the way is almost exactly the same length as the piece they took off ;-D Anyway, I got her to help me place it under the covers at the end of my stump so that covered up it looked like the doctors had not done anything hehehe then I waited. Well, the first to come in were nurses, there were 3 of them, not all at once, just checking vitals etc. but not one of them noticed the reattached foot ;-( then 3 docs came in, one of which was the resident OR surgeon who had assisted my vascular surgeon; the other two were interns . . . sadly none of them noticed either lol but now the fun begins. I wasnt bothered too much the rest of the night, the shifts changed and the night nurse did mostly everything in the dark so she didnt really see anything but come 6 am she had to come in to do a full set of vitals, and I knew she would have to look at the bandage to check for seepage and what not lol
So, in she comes and she does her vitals and comes around to the right side of the bed. I could tell that she was a bit perplexed by what she was seeing and when she lifted up the blankets, the look on her face was quite distressed so I took pity on her and touched her arm and said "it's fake", well, she let out the air she was holding and started to laugh. Then she says "set it back up again, I am going to get another nurse" so I told her I could use an ice pack and she said "ok, I'll be right back."
She comes back with my ice pack and another nurse who she has apparently told she needed to come help with lift up my leg for the ice pack placement. Nurse 1 lifts up the blanket and nurse 2 says "What do you want me to do?" Nurse 1 says, "lift up her leg so I can put the ice pack underneath her knee" Well Nurse 2 goes to grasp my leg at the cast and of course it comes right off in her hands! OMG, the look on her face was priceless!!! I will never forget it as long as I live, she was so startled and both Nurse 1 and I were laughing so hard we almost peed ourselves and I nearly fell out the other side of the bed. Needless to say, Nurse 2 took it well and I had Nurse 1 set it up one last time to lay in wait for my favorite doc, my vascular surgeon hehehe
He did not disappoint me, for he was right on time, early 7 am, in scrubs, ready for surgery. {Have I mentioned that my surgeon looks like Jason Batemen - Mmmm} Anyway, he comes in and he is not alone; there are 3 new nurses and 3 doctors, 2 of which were again in on the original operation and 1 being the resident vascular surgeon for the hospital. Being that this was my docs case, he took the lead and I could tell from his cursory glance at the bed that his first thought was "I thought I amputated the right leg???" but of course, he is the "big guy" and wasn't going to say anything direct lol So he finally finishes his little lecture/talk and he comes around the bed, I am totally deadpan, and he lifts the blankets lol Everyone could see there was a cast there where it was suppose to be amputated but says nothing, the room is kinda silent, then my doc gets this funny look on his face and turns to me and says "what is this?" with a big grin on his face. I couldn't help but laugh and say  " well you passed the test, I had 3 nurses and 3 doctors in here before you who never noticed a thing! lol I figured if you didn't notice, then there is something wrong!" Well the whole room started to laugh and laughed even harder when I recounted what had happened an hour ago with Nurse 1 and Nurse 2. It still makes me smile even thinking about it now lmao
Interestingly enough, I ended up not being able to pull that joke again, not only because within hours I am sure EVERYONE had heard about it but because I found that when I had the cast in place, it made my phantom pain more severe, seriously, I had my daughter help me test it for when she first placed it there, any pain I had in my stump almost immediately transferred to the cast or non-existent foot and when she took it away, it lessened. It was ok though, I had had my fun, so was satisfied and put my foot cast in the windowsill for all to see LOL
8:30 am rolls around and I am just waiting on breakfast but much to my dismay breakfast is still fluids. I ate the cream 'o' wheat but that was about it. The morning was uneventful with the exception of the removal of the hated catheter and being blissfully able to go to the bathroom normally lol
The second night post surgery wasnt so great by 1030 pm in spite of the pain sheath my leg really hurt. I guess I had been up a bit too much. I am such a show off I guess. I have been having trouble keeping my blood pressure down. No surprise there really but they keep wanting to increase the meds I am on. I finally got told I could take my natural supplements after being told I could, then couldn't. Wish they would make up there bloody minds. Yet my BP still rises which is really not a good thing. Only a few visitors during the first 48 to 72 hours which I was grateful for.
I have been pretty bored. Not a lot to do and was told no physio until monday, (Thank God! lol) Not sure if I am quite ready to just jump in there yet even thought I know the sooner the better. I am just really glad that I am not in more pain. It seems to be getting less and less.
The phantom limb thing is weird though. Several imes I thought my "foot" was going to get hit and jerked my leg out of the way at the last minute OUCH!! My missing big toe is burning right now as I write, very annoying.