Annie is awake, and we’re hanging out with her in the PACU while the anesthesia works out of her system and we wait for a room to open up. She woke up asking who was going to give her the “shot” (IV) and then was confused that she had slept through everything. She says her head hurts (probably a headache from the anesthesia) and that her feet feel weird. (Maybe noticing the missing nerve feedback to her feet and ankles? She was still asleep when the fellow surgeon came to check in on her, so we’ll ask him when he comes back.)
She really doesn’t like these little wrist covers they have to keep the IV lines secure, so she’s been fixating on those and all of the noises from her monitors and beyond the curtains. We’re having to wipe up her tears with a wash cloth since she can’t use her hands right now! She had a couple sips of water and then felt sick, but she hasn’t thrown up.