Monday, 27th August 2012
Dismissal of hospital - at last!!! Heaven!
Out with the infusion needle and back to normal life! My stomach was still upset but better than yesterday.
I can walk normally and also stand on one leg without troubles. My balance is perfect, but a slight dizziness is still here. My doctor told me, it´s normal and I should take time.
At home I removed the headscarf and - SHOCKING! - found out that nearly a third of my hairs were shaved! Crap! My hair!
I understand it´s necessary but soooooo much! I look bald! Well I will go out of the house with a headscarf as long as possible.
Sunday, 26th August 2012
Because of the fluid antibiotic which I get intravenous I got sick. My stomach rebelled and I had to order a lot of peppermint tea to ease it.
I told the doctor that I want to go home tomorrow ASAP and he was kinda delighted that I didn´t lost my big mouth and my courage.
As kind of farewell I shot this picture from my window at evening:
Saturday, 25th August 2012
I received the ID-pass as CI-owner from the doctor in where informations in almost all European languages are written. In future I have to hand them over to the airport controll staff because the implantat will beep at the controll sector when going through.
When my parents visited me they handed over an envelope from the HearPeers community of MED-EL and inside was my winning prize from the homepage survey: an USB-stick in form of the audio processor!
What a day!
Friday, 24th August 2012
The first getting up from the bed and the first steps were done very, very cautiously. I swayed a little and the dizziness in my head was uncomfortable! I was not able to move my head and a pressure in my inner ear hurted.
After the rounds of doctors the small bandage in the inner ear was removed as well as the head bandage.
At afternoon I was able to sway through the corridors of the station with my parents.
Thursday, 23rd August 2012
Day Zero started today!
At 8 o´clock in the morning the surgery started and 3 hours later I woke up from the narcotics. My first thoughts were if I can move my toes, my fingers and my facial muscles. Everything was fine!
Except for the pressure on my earlobe because of the bandage.
22nd August 2012
At 10 o´clock I entered the throat-nose-ear station of the General Hospital of Vienna and it should take about 2 hours till I entered my room for the next days.
My right ear was marked for the surgery at next day.
I finished my self-made cards for Eid al Fitr. It was a good opportunity to keep my mind off the surgery.
The last one is for my Moroccan brother Aziz and his family.
