My Operation

On a Friday morning at about 9:30 my dad took me to the doctor in Lincoln. We wanted to know why I have been limping, so we went into the doctor and she said I had to get a x-ray. So we came back to school to pick up my bag then we went into town to get an x-ray. When we got there we had to wait about an hour and then the x-ray lady came. She came to get me and told me to put on a gown and then we went into the room to take my x-ray.  After my x-ray we had to wait 5 more minutes and then the lady told me that I had to go to the Accident & Emergency department at Christchurch hospital without saying anything more. I felt a bit nervous because I didn’t know what as going on.

So that’s when we knew that we should go get my mum and Tuala because we might be awhile and I might have had to stay the night. So we went back to Springston to get Mum and Tuala and then when we got to the hospital they told us that a joint slipped and that I could of died from it. They told us that the only way to stop it from slipping was they had to put a metal screw in it. Mum started to cry and she said she was fine with it. They told me that I had to stay the night and that they would do it in the morning but I couldn't eat anything until after my operation.

I got given a lot of painkillers to solve the pain but they weren’t really working so when I went to bed they gave me a codeine and that knocked me out. Then in the morning I woke up and saw Mum, Dad and Tuala walking into the room. So while we waited for the nurse to come and take me into theatre, Tuala and I played a game of checkers and that was fun.

Then about 2 hours later the nurse and a doctor came into the room and took me into the theatre,  but before we went the doctor asked me if I had eaten anything yet and I said no. So they took me down the hall and down the elevator and then we arrived into the theatre. Dad came with me just until the gas knocked me out and then he went to go and wait with mum and Tuala in the waiting room. When I came out of theatre I was I the recovery room where mum, dad and Tuala was waiting for me to wake up. When I woke up I felt a little bit dizzy and I asked mum how long my surgery took and she said 1 hour.

The nurse came into the room and told me that I had to stay another night and then dad said he’ll stay with me for the night. When we got back into the other room I was very tired and all I wanted to do was sleep but I didn't go to sleep, I had my lunch. The food was awful but I still ate it and then at bedtime I went straight to sleep. In the morning I asked the nurse if I could go but she said at lunch time they would be giving me a wheelchair and some crutches and that was when I could go home. I had to have a wheelchair and crutches but the wheelchair was for school and the crutches were for home  because I wasn’t allowed to put pressure on my leg for 6 weeks.Because they didn’t want me to get bumped over at school.   

At lunch time they gave me the crutches and a wheelchair and they also gave me some paracetamol just in case I get any pain. When I left to go home I said goodbye and thank you. By Sevao