Surgery day.
I was very nervous before surgery this morning. Everything went about as smooth as it could have, though. They gave me twilight anesthesia and that knocked me out good. I woke up just after the procedure was finished. After it was over I hugged all the nurses and immediately asked for a milkshake - I was so hungry because I had been fasting, something I am not used to!
Then they let Jake come back and see me, and we waited a little bit for Dr. Brown to join us and explain exactly what he found/fixed, and show us the pictures.
Here's the quick rundown:
-external oblique aponeurosis tear, about 2 inches long, was sutured back together.
-internal oblique underneath that spot was damaged and about to tear, thicker portions of the muscle were sutured together across the compromised area. It had also separated from the conjoint tendon, and needed to be sutured back to that.
-2 branches off the iloinguinal nerve were frayed; these were cut off.
-adductor longus was partially torn off the pubic bone and was attached to the adductor brevis in order to relieve some pressure from the pubic bone.
He said it was the WORST injury of this type he has ever seen in a female. He said something along the lines of "i dont know what in the world you did to cause this!" This is a much more common injury for men (although still quite rare)... go figure it would happen to me.
Post-surgery... I can't say it is going great. Apparently you use your abdominal muscles for everything, so any movement at all puts me in A LOT of pain. I'm not feeling too good right now. I owe Jake a lot for being my nurse and dealing with my constant whining. It can only get better from here, right?
I will post some more info about what he did (and pictures of the tear) when I get home on a real computer... Not to mention being able to sit up and move more than an inch. I'm such a baby when it comes to pain.
Thanks everyone for the support and for thinking of me :-) 
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