blackcloud27
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boy life has been awfully quit lately. hadn't a blackcloud moment for weeks. that all changed today
went to mayo clinic for a ceribral angiogram today. should be my final one after a blood vessel was repaired and radiated in my brain 3 years ago. capt coot says brain surgery for me is a minor procedure. not alot up there to work with. then he wants my cabelas points if some thing happens,. arrive at 6 am all is well. they take me to room to wait. soon i am sent off to the neurosurgery dept. then the cloud strikes!!!!! they tell me there will be a delay. one off the x-ray machines just broke down. the wait should only be 15 minutes. no problem i'm not going any where. soon after that they have a problem in the nearby room. the words anyerism,ressesitation, and last rights are mentioned. 45 minutes have gone by then they tell me a second x-ray machine quit working also. more waiting. i'm beging to wonder if i should bail out. then a lady comes in to visit nurses. they talk about her new job in the organ donor dept wow what a place. ( she was there for a friendly chat nothing to do with me or other patients) after 2 hours they finally take me into operating room. the blackcloud thickens!!!! nurse takes me to bathroom and i nearly trip over my iv hose. my cat like reflexs saved the day. now i am on the operating table. the iv bag holder is broke. the adjustment knob is stuck. they get out the tool box grab a pliers and fix it holy crap what next!!!!!!! i told them about my nick name and some history about it. they laugh and say nothing else will happen. ohhhh little do they know of the power of the cloud. i get thru the first 3 of 4 brain test then the doctor says i cant believe this just happened!!!!!!! that scares the sh!t out of me!!! the cathater in my femeral artery broke!!! i'm leaking. him and his resident that he is training get things under control. they decide to pull the cath out and re cath the artery with a new one. the doctor tells nurse to save the broke one and send it back to the manufactor. he says he has never seen one break before. then they have to fish the wire thru my chest and neck again to get to my brain. man does it burn like hell when they inject dye in your brain. i can see what they are doing on the monitor. kind of creepy looking at that. i have to be awake so they can test my motor skills after each test. finally they are done. they apply pressure to my groin for 20 minutes to stop bleeding. when they release pressure to see if it has stopped i sprung a leak. more excitement and another 20 minutes of groin pressure. this time it worked. i get sent to recovery room and get to see my wife. i have been lying on my back which i hate for several hours and now i am told i cant move for 2 more hours. guy i room with me had a testicle removed and had so much swelling he couldnt pee. all the talk about peeing gives me the urge to pee. enough talk about that problem. we get it taken care of. i'm lying still in bed and leg starts to hurt. nurse is called. she checks me and i have a hard spot in my thigh. i'm leaking again. immediate pressure is applied and she hits an emergency button for more help 5 nurses come running in. they get it under control. now i have to lie still for another 1 1/2 hours with a sand bag on my groin to keep pressure on it. i finally got discharged at 5 pm. i will get results tommorow. i hope the cloud has left and all goes well. it would truelly suck if capt coot gets my cabela points.
went to mayo clinic for a ceribral angiogram today. should be my final one after a blood vessel was repaired and radiated in my brain 3 years ago. capt coot says brain surgery for me is a minor procedure. not alot up there to work with. then he wants my cabelas points if some thing happens,. arrive at 6 am all is well. they take me to room to wait. soon i am sent off to the neurosurgery dept. then the cloud strikes!!!!! they tell me there will be a delay. one off the x-ray machines just broke down. the wait should only be 15 minutes. no problem i'm not going any where. soon after that they have a problem in the nearby room. the words anyerism,ressesitation, and last rights are mentioned. 45 minutes have gone by then they tell me a second x-ray machine quit working also. more waiting. i'm beging to wonder if i should bail out. then a lady comes in to visit nurses. they talk about her new job in the organ donor dept wow what a place. ( she was there for a friendly chat nothing to do with me or other patients) after 2 hours they finally take me into operating room. the blackcloud thickens!!!! nurse takes me to bathroom and i nearly trip over my iv hose. my cat like reflexs saved the day. now i am on the operating table. the iv bag holder is broke. the adjustment knob is stuck. they get out the tool box grab a pliers and fix it holy crap what next!!!!!!! i told them about my nick name and some history about it. they laugh and say nothing else will happen. ohhhh little do they know of the power of the cloud. i get thru the first 3 of 4 brain test then the doctor says i cant believe this just happened!!!!!!! that scares the sh!t out of me!!! the cathater in my femeral artery broke!!! i'm leaking. him and his resident that he is training get things under control. they decide to pull the cath out and re cath the artery with a new one. the doctor tells nurse to save the broke one and send it back to the manufactor. he says he has never seen one break before. then they have to fish the wire thru my chest and neck again to get to my brain. man does it burn like hell when they inject dye in your brain. i can see what they are doing on the monitor. kind of creepy looking at that. i have to be awake so they can test my motor skills after each test. finally they are done. they apply pressure to my groin for 20 minutes to stop bleeding. when they release pressure to see if it has stopped i sprung a leak. more excitement and another 20 minutes of groin pressure. this time it worked. i get sent to recovery room and get to see my wife. i have been lying on my back which i hate for several hours and now i am told i cant move for 2 more hours. guy i room with me had a testicle removed and had so much swelling he couldnt pee. all the talk about peeing gives me the urge to pee. enough talk about that problem. we get it taken care of. i'm lying still in bed and leg starts to hurt. nurse is called. she checks me and i have a hard spot in my thigh. i'm leaking again. immediate pressure is applied and she hits an emergency button for more help 5 nurses come running in. they get it under control. now i have to lie still for another 1 1/2 hours with a sand bag on my groin to keep pressure on it. i finally got discharged at 5 pm. i will get results tommorow. i hope the cloud has left and all goes well. it would truelly suck if capt coot gets my cabela points.
