I am so sorry it's been so long since have updated this site. As you will read, things didn't go as planned and got a bit hairy there for a while. Okay here goes:
Monday March 24th, went in for my Laproscopic Gastric Bypass surgery. Everything went great, Of course I had some pain, but nothing that was horrible. I went home on Thursday the 27th in the afternoon. I was taking my liquids in okay or so I thought. I went to the Dr on Monday th 31st to have a drain removed and questioned the nurse about dehydration and things like that. Well that evening I started to feel really sick, I couldn't keep anything in and was even afraid to try. I ended up paging the Dr at about 9pm and he called back finally about 10:15pm and told me to go to the ER. That's where the drama begins....
Mike takes me to the ER, we leave Tyler in charge overnight, and I get there and of course they do the usual IV, bloodwork and then they also do x-rays and a CT scan. Finally at about 6:30am on Tuesday they come to me and tell me that they found a partial obstruction so they are going to admit me. They usually clear up on their own so I should be able to go home the next day.
HA!! Well that didn't happen. They took x-rays every morning to see what was going on and nothing was changing....oh wait, yes it was, by now I couldn't eat anything at all....including water and the worst part was the acid reflux I had....I would end up with bile in my throat at least 8-10 a day. It was GROSS!! They had me on the IV but NO nutrition for 4 days. When my Dr came in (he was on vacation) and heard that I had no nutrition for 4 days, he ordered a pic line placed in me. For those of you who don't know what a pic line is, it's like an iv, but the catheter goes all the way to the vena cava by your heart. Finally after many more tests and x-rays they decide that this isn't going to clear up on it's own and they are going to have to open me up and fix it.
April 9th, Wednesday, I am scheduled for another surgery, this time they will open my entire belly, at 8am. I came out of that one okay...A LOT of pain this time. The nausea and the acid reflux I had was GONE!! They kept me off of anything by mouth until the following Sunday evening to help my intestines heal. When I proved that I could drink my liquids and eat some soup they let me go. that was April 15th!!
So all in all, I was in the hospital the second time around for 15 days. It was hell. I cried everyday, I missed my kids SO much. Jacob thought I was going to die and even asked my ex, who he would have to live with. It makes me want to cry just thinking about it.
I have been home almost 2 weeks. Went to the Dr last Tuesday, had my staples and the G-tube drain removed and got the clearance to drive. I haven't driven yet because honestly I don't think I could. I am SO weak yet and my legs are the worst. I really believe that part of it is that I had NO nutrition at all after they admitted me and my body started to take it from my muscles. I have been walking, but I can't go very far without getting completely wiped out. Even showers at this point exhaust me.
Some days I feel like I will never get better and this is how I will have to live my life. I know it's not true, but you have no idea how frustrating it is to not be able to support Tyler's sports teams, or tell Jacob that we have to skip the big dog show in IN next month because I am just not up to it. Right now I have to admit that I regret doing this. I know in the long run it will be worth it....but right now...hmmmmmmmm
On a positive note...I have lost 24 lbs already as of my Dr's visit on April 22nd! lol
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