Operation day - Day One.

The day finally came after a week of waiting! I was due in for 7:15am on the Monday morning, so my Father and I left very early to reach Casablanca in time. We got there and I started to feel really nervous and scared..the thought of an IV through my hand, the surgery itself, the pain after surgery. I'm really surprised I didn't chicken out last minute! We got taken to what would be my recovery room, lovely room with a tv and bathroom and small patio area outside. We were pleasantly greeted by Madame Guessous, the surgeons wife, and soon after the Dr. Mohamed Jamal Guessous came in to greet us and take before pictures of my nose. I then met the anaesthetist who was a very sweet guy, trying to make me laugh and ease up. I guess the fear must have been pretty evident on my face!  I got into my hospital gown and proceeded to the operating room where the nurses did their thing attaching things to my chest and preparing me for surgery. By this point the anaesthetist was attempting to put the cannula in my hand.. I think that was the worst part of the whole surgery. I was all over the place trying not to faint at the thought of what he was doing, and I remember the surgeon and anaesthetist speaking to me in English and laughing at me after I screamed oh my God once the needle was in place. EW. It definitely lightened my mood to hear some English and relaxed me a little. At this point I must stress how nice and attentive all the staff were when trying to calm me down; I was a nervous wreck!
I don't remember much after that apart from the needles going into my nose to numb it. That hurt! After that I think I was asleep at first and regained conciousness to feel the surgeon filing and breaking my nose. I was talking to the surgeon answering his questions if I was feeling OK. It sounds insane but there really was NO pain at all. I was talking to myself saying oh he's filing your nose now and now breaking it....but I wasn't uncomfortable at any point. It was the strangest feeling ever! I recommend local anaesthetic and sedation if you are having a Rhinoplasty. If you don't need to be under general, don't be. The risks are much less. After the operation was over, I simply stood up and returned to my recovery room aided by some nurses and got into bed. My Father took a few photo's of my supermodel face with a huge cast stuck on and I fell asleep, soon after my Father left back for Meknes and I returned to sleeping.

The recovery for day one was really tough, I felt so sick the whole day, I'm guessing from anaesthetic. I had tomato soup for lunch, a banana and yoghurt and got back to sleeping. I woke up again still feeling super sick. I needed to take my medication, but there was a slight mix up. The girl (I think she was a receptionist) had purchased soluble medication - my worst nightmare! Madame Guessous soon sorted this out and the girl was instructed to go and buy the same medication in tablet form. I was in pain so I took some painkillers and went back to sleep. In the evening I woke up again to eat dinner, but soon after I was vomiting much to my relief. I felt SO much better afterwards. That horrible feeling of nausea finally left me alone to recover in peace!

I have to take a moment to give a huge shout out to a nurse called Ghizlane who was an absolute star looking after me that day and night. She kept returning to check up on me, and was there to hold my hair back when I was being sick and took me to the patio to get some fresh air, smiling and being so kind through the whole ordeal and when you are ill, and feel awful and someone is that nice to you..you sure do appreciate it. Ghizlane if you ever read this blog...a massive thank you from the heart for your kindness and for looking after me!