Exchange surgery week

So my surgery was scheduled for Jan. 9.  On Jan. 3rd I woke up with a terrible cold.  Everyone around this area seemed to be getting sick and it finally got to me.  I tried my hardest to stay healthy but it didn't work.  I rested as much as I could.  I went to work for my final 4 days.  I was planning on taking 2 weeks off because my PS suggested that due to working in a school.  I had a ton to get done at work so I was busy.  But I felt terrible.  The cold was getting worse and everyone kept asking me if I was going to be able to have the surgery.  I was determined to get better.  What I didn't do though was take some days off.  I told the nurses who called from the hospital and I spoke to a nurse at my PS office.  The big question was did I have a fever.  My thermometer never read more than 99 degrees and was often much lower.  I felt like I had a fever, but it wasn't showing up, so I told them I did not have a fever.  I was told to be at the hospital at 6am on Jan. 9th.  I woke up feeling worse than ever with ear pain.  It was snowing out so my husband drove me to the hospital.  We both had a feeling we wouldn't be staying.  I finally got into the pre-op area and they took my temperature. Surprise, I had a fever.  My PS arrived and we talked and she explained the dangers of surgery with a fever.  We decided to postpone it.  I actually wasn't even that sad because I felt so terrible.  I got home and when my primary doctor's office opened I told them what happened and made an appointment.  I then called the PS office and they told me that they had an opening on March 27th.  I was distraught.  The thought of having to wait all that time to get those hard rocks out of me was unbearable.  I begged her to find something else.  She found an opening on Feb. 4th at a different hospital.  That worked for me.  So, that gave me a few more weeks.  No problem.

I ended up with a sinus and ear infection that lasted for quite some time.  I stayed in bed that entire weekend and took that Monday off as well.  I lost hearing in the ear for a while so about 10 days before the surgery I went to see and ENT to make sure the infection was gone. It was and she said I was cleared for surgery.  Yay!!!