Day 3 Post Op

Mar 28, 2011

Day 3

I woke up in recovery again was downgraded to ‘post-op’ but couldn’t be moved because there were no beds available.  Although I was downgraded, they still treated me as a recovery patient since I was still there.  The downside to that is every time you hop back into bed you have to be monitored with a bp cuff, the electrodes attached to your chest, oxygen in the nose and the finger sock that measures your oxygen level.  It was a great incentive to stay out of bed and keep moving around.  By now I was measuring time by nurse shift changes.  Wifey brought up some cookies and fruit for the nurses, which was well received.  It can’t hurt to kill’em with kindness. The rest of the day was filled with blood work… needles… meds… needles… over and over… blood thinner med was being delivered by a shot to the stomach…ugghh.  Around 5pm I got the word that I had been downgraded to the floor and would bypass time in the post-op area.  This was the best news of the day.  I packed up my stuff and walked myself over to my new room.  This is when I knew things were really looking up.  My new roommate was “My Cousin” Vinny from recovery.  This was the best medicine for a post-op-er….being able to share the experience with someone in the same situation as me.  Settled in for the night and shared pre-op and surgical experiences with my new friend.

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