I had my surgery yesterday morning as planned and now have a cochlear implant in my right ear.  All went according to plan.  I woke up in the recovery room  around 2pm (surgery began at 7:45am).  Apparently I was more groggy than average, so it took a while to wake me up. I also did have some nausea after surgery in spite of a patch and meds given to me.  It wasn’t too bad, but definitely there, so they kept me until that improved as well.  Ultimately another drug plus some peppermint oil on a cloth to breathe in finally did it.  I didn’t have much pain (almost none) I was just very groggy all day.  I woke up to a very scratchy throat and lots of coughing and congestion in my lungs – all due to having a breathing tube.  They had me use a device every hour or so that I would breathe in from as deeply as possible.  The purpose was to help open up my lungs.  Apparently anesthesia tends to cause some of your air sacs to sort of stick shut and you have to take deep breaths to help open them up again.  They started me back on my warfarin last night and I got a shot of Lovenox today to help bridge the time between starting warfarin and when it actually becomes effective.  Last night the doctor told me not to use my CPAP because of the pressure it would put in the ear tubes.  Instead, they monitored my oxygen levels and had me use oxygen any time my number was lower than they wanted.  They had to wake me up every hour to see how I was doing with that.  It is normal for oxygen numbers to drop while asleep so they had to make sure it was where it should be when I was awake (so they could definitely attribute the lower number to sleep).  Anyhow, I only had to do have oxygen for a couple of hours, then I was fine.  I woke up feeling much more like myself.  I am not nearly as sleepy now.  My bandage is a big around the head thing, but stylish, I say!  It looks like something from the civil war or flapper era!  I just got home and am settled in with my compression stockings in my big lounger!  Thanks for your prayers.  All looks good so far!