"I'll see you in there," Cameron said before the doctor wheeled me in. Cameron wasn't allowed to come in until after the anesthesiologist had given me the spinal.

They say that after you've had a baby you forget the labour pain you went through, and maybe that's true; I wouldn't know. But with a C-section you don't forget the pain. Especially not of a spinal, and especially not when the doctor does it wrong. When the doctor put the needle in my spine, he hit a nerve which caused my left leg to convulse. As if that wasn't frightening enough, the pain of it was unbearable. I don't care what anybody says, once you've had a spinal, you never forget!!!

After the spinal was complete, Cameron was brought into the operating room.

"Hi Pretzel" Cam said in a soft tone. I would normally have been embarrassed by that pet name being used in public, but considering the circumstances I thought it was pretty appropriate.

"Can you feel your legs?" Cameron asked. I shook my head no.

Now let me tell you about that experience. It's the weirdest feeling in the world to one minute feel your feet and wiggle your toes, and the next minute not be able to feel a thing and be unable to wiggle your toes. All of a sudden I began to shake violently. My teeth were chattering I was so cold. I thought this nightmare would never be over. Then suddenly and without warning he was out. I didn't even realize they had cut me open yet, it all happened so fast. They cleaned him off and brought him over to me.