As most of you know I had my Otoplasty done today! In laymans terms - my ear pinned back.Many of you have been very kind to say that you had never noticed the sticky out ear but we all have our idiosyncrasies and this particular one has lurked around me for the past 20years. All it takes is one comment once in your life - you may even forget by whom - for the insecurity to set in.
SO.......I went in to the Morningside Clinic at 6.45am this morning with my surgery booked for 8.00am. The service within the hospital was so bad that by 8.10am I was till being checked in. I was incredibly nervous (having had an aweful experience with anesthetic from my wisdom teeth) that all one had to do was look at me for the flood gates to open. The anethetist was very kind and re-assuring. He even complimented my Barlow's Syndrome as a "beautiful heart murmor - very loud & clear". No sooner was I out and they were waking me again. I was groggy & freezing!!!
Chris popped by at 10.30 am to check in on me - HUGE SURPRISE and very welcome. The nurses eventually called him at 12.30 to tell him I was out of theatre and all had gone well - hmmph! I had been told that I would be able to leave as soon as I had had my lunch. Like a very good girl - desperate to get to my own space I guzzeled my boarding school reminder (lunch) and the wait began. Between 12.30 and 2pm I asked at least 5 different nurses when I could be discharged. The standard reply was when Dr had completed all his surgeries and checked in on me. Eventually a kind lady took the trouble to walk across to the consulting rooms (on the same floor as the ward) asked Dr Snijman and brought back the good news. I eventually got home at 4pm. Besides a sharp pain on my ear I am feeling fine.
I look like a cross between Frankenstien, a Basotho with tooth ache and a Formula 1 driver minus the helmet! Now you will understand why I will not be going out in public. SO my sheer vanity results in this - at least it is short term and I will hopefully enjoy the long term benifit for years to come.
The bandages will stay in place till next week Wednesday, thereafter I need to wear an "elastic" headband at all socially acceptable times and especially at night for the next 6 weeks.
Thank You to you all for the good wishes!!!!
6 comments:
Ha ha - you look funny Stacie!Hope you get better soon love Emma XXXX
Talk about Revenge of the Mummy! My poor little girl,hope you'll soon be feeling better. Didn't know about the headband for six weeks... how ill affect going to London? Love to you both Mom/Anne
Thanks.... The headband is merely to prevent the ear from bending during sleep. Apparently as you get older, the cartlidge becomes more "stubborn" and is inclined to want to return to its original position hense the suggestion to wear the headband whenever socially acceptable...
Hi Stace
Have at last got around to reading about your op at Morningside. You do look like a Frankotho (get it???). It was RATHER naughty of the son and heir to not tell us about your travails - only heard about it when you told us during the Wakkerstroom weekend!!!What's new?? Anyway, its good to know that it was all a success and it is all over. The photos of the house ( looks like a scene of London after the blitz!!!)look good - starting to take shape - if you look hard! But then any building operation is like that - we can speak from experience. You sometimes wonder if the place will ever be the same. But somehow it all falls into shape in the end.
We are coming up to Jbg ( flying from PMB) on Sat 26 Aug and leaving for KNP with Mike and family on the Sunday for 4 nights.A sort of "dress rehearsal " for December and the SMOX safari.Mum says that she mightlike to go to the Oriental Bazaar on the Sat afternoon to look out some material- depending on her decision re outfits for the various weddings planned!!!
Hope you both have a great time on London - we will be thinking of you as we pass through Heathrow on Sat morning on our way to Chicago.
Love to you both from us two.
Graham and Heather
Hey Tart have had such fun catching up on all your activities!!! Your home looks amazing, will have to make the great trek to Jhb to see it one day. Hope you are having a ball in the Uk. With Love Ninks
Would love to have you ANYTIME!!!
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