STACEY’S OWN BONE GRAFT
STORY*
"On the second of December, 1998 I went to hospital to
have a bone graft. The hospital I went to was the Mater Children’s Hospital.
I wasn’t feeling scared in the morning, but at about 2
o’clock (operation at 2.30pm) I was really scared.
I couldn’t eat a thing all day (after 8.30am). I got really
hungry. Especially after Mum & Dad ate lunch in front of me.
In my bag I had:
- A book from my birthday
- More books
- My stuffed lion
- Two cabbage patch kids
Just before my operation I was really scared. In the waiting
room Mum and Dad were there. When I went into theatre Dr Bishop gave me gas. When I was
asleep he gave me the needle.
After my operation my mouth hurt really badly
and so did my hip. I was really sleepy. Everytime I woke up I would throw up.
But then the nurse gave me painkiller and medicine to stop me
throwing up, through my drip. The nurse kept coming to give me my medicine. I had a good
night’s sleep from then on. The next day I was a lot cheerier and less sore. In the
morning I watched "Simba’s Pride" and I used a bedpan to go to the toilet
because I couldn’t get out of bed. |
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Nonna and Nonno came to see me. They gave me a book called
"Shocking Science - 5000 years of Mishaps and Misunderstandings". That day I
could actually eat something! All it was was jelly ice-cream and watermelon. It tasted
really good.
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I also read some of "Animorphs - The Encounter"
that afternoon. A bit later we went home. I got down to the car with the help of Pedro the
wheelchair man. In the car I just sat there the whole time. Even with my cheek all puffy
and a splint in my mouth it was great to be home. |
Stacey Cash"
Well….that was Stacey’s view of how
everything happened!! Some things she doesn’t seem to even recall (like she slept
most of the way home in the car, & that she had said it was okay for John & I to
share half a sandwich!!!), so we just won’t worry about them!!
(*Taken From April 1999 CleftPALS Newsletter)
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