A lot Happens in Two Weeks

During the 2 weeks recovering i have learned i have my good days where i feel good like i can get a ton of stuff done than i have bad days where i don't feel so good and i feel like i will pass out or throw up. I've been advised since i came out of surgery to not blow my nose and that's driving me crazy right now not being able to blow my nose. Its impossible to not yawn and believe me its hard to not yawn with my mouth wired shut. I sneezed for the first time since my surgery and that hurt like hell. I can't brush my teeth right now so i just use warm salt water and a special mouth wash that was prescribed to me. I'll admit this has been super hard on me lately i really do miss my normal solid food diet. I know i am alone in this cause nobody i know has ever gone through this and i wish i could meet someone who went through Jaw surgery to help me get a better understanding in this. I had read a lot of other Jaw surgery stories as i went through the journey to my Jaw surgery and honestly i thought i was prepared for it and deep down i wasn't prepared enough for it. My mom hasn't been very helpful or supportive as she keeps saying to me " you expected this to happen after your surgery" well no duh! Yes i expected this but i didn't know it was going to be harder on me more than i expected it to be. I tell my mom i am still new to this and clearly its new to my mom and dad too especially when she says this is new to me too. I can tell that Jaw surgery is not a common popular surgery right now or else there would be books and even more information about it. I am basically learning as i go and i know i am not the only one who had this done. Until someone i know goes through this and has their mouth wired shut for 8 weeks than they will understand but for now nobody will never understand what its like. I'm basically purifying everything and i can't suck out of a straw till next week. I will say its not easy eating with a spoon and its challenging to eat with rubber bands in my mouth. I have a surgical splint in my mouth and it will becoming out in a short 4 weeks.
I am beyond blessed with all the love and support i have gotten through out this its been freaking amazing and i am sure loved. Now that i've been through this i can tell someone else what to expect if they have this done. 2 weeks down and i have about 6 weeks left to go so i really hope i can try and chew food again in December and i return to work in the middle of November so its going to be really good to go back to work and let everyone see me for the first time since before surgery. 

One Week After Surgery

I can't believe its been ONE week since I had surgery last Tuesday.😀 This was a traumatic surgery that I went through and I've had to adjust to this and I won't lie it is hard. I actually cried and couldn't believe that its been a week since I actually had food to eat last Monday. I had to give myself a pep talk like okay I can do this, I can make it through this. I am "wired" shut with rubber bands and that means I am "wired" shut for 8 weeks. I can't chew anything for 8 weeks my oral surgeon put me on a strict liquid soft food diet for 8 weeks. I am recovering for 2 weeks and it's going well. But it will take a good full 6 months or even up to a year for my top jaw to fully heal.

I had my one week post surgery check up appointment with my oral surgeon and he was happy with the way recovery is going for me. His staff was so happy to see how i looked and i got compliments like crazy and i am happy the results are showing, I got a new updated x -Ray done and i got to see the screws and plates in my top jaw when i looked at it on the computer screen. Yeah it was kind of weird LOL but so cool however it was weird for my mom to see the screws and plates in my top jaw and I'm sure its weird for her to see it especially since all she could ask was " are the screws and plates really in your top jaw?" as she would look at the screen. So i could tell it was weird for her. When my oral surgeon saw me he asked " Who beat you up?" and we both laughed. I get to go back on Halloween for another check up and i have a good feeling i will love the new results as i recover. :)

Getting to Go Home

My mom and brother showed up to take me home and i just finished breakfast and the nurse gave me a pain killer ( not knowing the effect it was about to have on me) I thought okay sweet we can get me dressed and ready to go home. I had my mom help me with getting dressed. I was doing fine than all the sudden i had to sit down my heart was racing super fast and i got hot. My mom kept asking me whats wrong? all i could say was i don't know all i knew was something wasn't right here. I suddenly started going really pale and had my head laying on the sink while my mom freaked out she had my brother get a nurse in my room as quick as possible.  I just laid there almost passing out.  I just wanted to lay down and sat there laying my head down on the sink. My nurse gave me a few minutes before i went and laid back down on my bed. I was able to stand up and walk to my bed and as the nurses got worried about me my nurse told me that it was the pain killer that took me through a loop and that she would give my oral surgeon a call and let him know what happened. Before i knew it i was hooked up to the IV again and my nurse came back in and told me they wanted to keep me for a couple more hours just to watch me and make sure i won't  almost pass out again. Lunch time came and my brother and mom had gone to get lunch.

I've had to use this awesome syringe thing to drink from and it hasnt been easy it comes out to quick causing me to swallow to quick. I've been trying to sip from a cup very carefully but i still have to use this cool little syringe thing.

Finally after my brother and mom came back from lunch. I was ready to go home i was able to get dressed and i also got my flu shot before i left the hospital. This awesome thing i had around my head is called a jaw bra hahaha i never thought it was called that. haha! I am just glad its over with and now i'm on the road to recovery. i cant wait to see the results as time goes by. i really do appreciate the love and support along with the prayers and thoughts i even heard my name was put in the temple. i am beyond blessed with some good loving people in my life.

Road to Recovery

So my surgery was a success and what was supposed to be a 2 hour surgery turned into a 4 hour surgery. I woke up crying and i guess i was struggling to breathe because the nurse started saying " okay Jessica i need you to start taking deep breaths or else you will stop breathing so i started taking deep breaths. I heard i did so good in surgery. When i woke up from surgery it was kind of funny i was burping like crazy haha. They transferred me to a room where i could recover and see my parents. I was still burping like crazy and i could hear my mom and dad saying wow she is burping a lot. My mom asked the nurse why is she burping so much? the nurse said it was a common normal thing after this type of surgery. I was so out of it i dozed off and woke up again and i looked at my mom and asked her what time is it? and she said it was 7:10pm and here i thought it was only 3:30 in the afternoon. My parents left for the night and i stayed over night at the hospital. I'm glad i stayed the night at the hospital because i got very sick to my stomach i was throwing up lots of blood all night and early morning Wednesday.  I was awake and responding to all my amazing and helpful nurses. I really do appreciate all the help from my nurses even though they had to see me throw up blood. I got to see my oral surgeon as he came into my room to check up on me early Wednesday morning. I was able to get some sleep even though the hospital bed was so uncomfortible and it was hard to roll over to my side with the IV in my right arm. I was mostly excited that i was able to go home after a long horrible night staying at the hospital and i was so hungry  i wanted food and i understand the hospital has to follow rules about giving patients food. I was finally able to have water and sprite. I had to get medicine to calm my nasuea since i threw up blood again and all i wanted to do was lay down in bed.

Day of Surgery

I was told to be at the Hospital by 9:45am on Tuesday to check in for surgery. So we arrived  at the hospital by 9:45am and checked in for surgery. I got my wrist band with my info and i got a buzzer so I knew when it was my turn and we were waiting for my buzzer to go off so we can go in the back where I'd be prepped for surgery. Finally the buzzer went off and we followed a blue line into the back

The nurse got my weight and height and got us into a room  where I'd be waiting to be prepped for surgery. I had my mom and dad with me while waiting in the room with me. I had to put a hospital gown on and put the socks on and after that I laid on the bed relaxing and waiting for my nurse to come in.

 Finally my nurse came in and helped get things started and I got hooked up to the IV. My mom asked my nurse so is her surgery at 10:45am since we were told to be here at 9:45am? and here I am already in a hospital gown and i just got hooked up to the IV. My nurse says let me check on that and she said it looks like it's scheduled for 12:45pm so we were kind of mad that we showed up 3 hours early when we could of arrived at 11:45am. We couldn't very well leave the hospital at that point and suddenly I started having a reaction to the IV I was trying to throw up in the process after being hooked to an IV and it caused me to cry for a few minutes wishing this was all over with. I finally  calmed down and watched TV and played on my phone. I haven't ate anything for 8 hours and I was getting so hungry but I couldn't eat anything and the IV was making me pee like crazy. I ended up not going into surgery at 12:45pm i finally went into surgery around 2:00pm and they took us upstairs to where the surgery room and waiting room was and Just before we went through the doors to the surgery room the nurse let my parents have a moment to give me well wishes and so my mom and dad did that and walked off into the hall that took them to the waiting room while I was waiting for my oral surgeon. I finally see my oral surgeon and I got to talk to him and he had me meet someone else that helped him during my surgery and I met the nurse. I never knew an IV can make you go to the bathroom so much until I was waiting to be taken into surgery. I was waiting patiently for them to finish up the other surgery and thought oh man I need to go again haha. I met my anesthesiologist Dr Summers and he took me into the surgery room and they transferred me onto the surgery table. I remember having a conversation with the anesthesiologist and he had me clean my nose out so he could put a breathing tube down my nose after that I was knocked out I didn't feel a thing and don't remember anything about my surgery or the breathing tube and I'm glad surgery is over with. :)

What I Get to Expect

As I undergo jaw surgery today this is what I get to expect during surgery:

● I will be in surgery for 2 hours

● I will be hooked to a breathing tube ( to help assist with breathing )

● how they will break my top jaw:
They will make an incision along my cheek bones and under my nose. They will break it and move it forward just a little bit and move it down. This will cause my bottom jaw to rotate and the results will be 10x better in a good way.

I appreciate all the love and support and prayers and thoughts that I'm getting from friends family and Co workers. :)

The Day Has Finally Arrived

This has been quite the journey to my jaw surgery and to think that i can put this chapter behind me and start a fresh new one. It hasn't been easy for me either I've been through it all the happy and crying times and there was times i felt like giving up and just living with this problem for the rest of my life. But there was one problem i couldn't go without thinking about having my jaw problem fixed for good i honestly couldn't go a day without thinking about having my jaw fixed for good so i can eat right again. I did everything i could to get here and like my oral surgeons team said we worked hard on getting to get to where we are and well now my journey to my surgery is now accomplished. Today is my day to have surgery and get it fixed for good. I will be able to eat right again in 8 weeks and i will miss out on Halloween candy and Thanksgiving dinner but it will be worth it to be able to chew on foods normally again in 8 weeks. I will miss work for 2 weeks as i recover. I'm not scared i'm just nervous which is a normal feeling to have and i am still new to this whole thing. I know i will be in good hands during surgery. I'm nervous and excited to have this finally all done. I've been nothing but positive and strong  in this and got a positive outcome in this and i look forward to having my braces off in 8 months. Here goes to 8 hours no food no drink and a 2 hour surgery and i feel this is all a dream.