swollen but still here

Short notice had me having an outpatient surgical procedure yesterday afternoon. Though the procedure went well, I ran into some anesthesia snags. First off my assigned arrogant anesthesia snob evidently missed his class on placing IV lines. He took six stabs at my poor bruised hands before yelling at me for being fed up and then resorted to threatening to cancel my procedure. Another doctor in the room came over to my cubical and said that he would try. He injected numbing agent into my burning ( the first guy hit nerves evidently)hands but though he found a couple sites did not yet try to place the line when another doctor came in and put a halt to the stabbings. This new doctor placed the line within seconds. I was then taken to O.R. where I was put under general anesthetic. My anesthesiologist was the second guy who numbed me but did not try to place an IV. This guy was no better than the first at avoiding pain as he didn't even check to see if my small ( OK no comments !) mouth would accommodate the tube that they planned to use to intubate me. It did not !Lucky me.... the tube being pushed repeatedly left several abrasions and small perforations. This has left me with much painful swelling. There was talk of admitting me to the hospital, but they did discharge me with orders to call 911 if my breathing felt restricted. Thankfully my breathing is unobstructed, however the swelling continues to balloon.Ice packs on the outside and ice chips going down the inside seem to help little. Please pray that I stop swelling. I really really don't want a trach put in. Cindy keeps measuring the swelling and is pushing for an E.R. trip that I will decline until I can't breathe anymore. Please pray for me !