First week after surgery

Sep 18, 2011

So let’s start with the day of surgery and go from there….

Thursday 9/8/11 Day of Surgery

I was scheduled for 10:45am had to be at the hospital 2 hours earlier, but was running late due to traffic because of all the rain produced from tropical storm Jose.  Anyway I get to the hospital about 45min, I had already preregistered so all they did was verify that I was me and in “two shakes of a lambs tail” (my grand-moms expression) I was in the back getting my IV and ready to go. I remember going to the operation room and speaking to the anesthesiologist and nothing else until I got in my room.

I walked later that night and all I can say was WTF!!! Getting out of the bed was the worst pain I ever experienced and I had NATURAL child birth which was a breeze to me.

Friday 9/9/11

Well they did nothing but poke and prod me all night Thursday and it didn’t stop the entire time I was there.  My catheter was removed and I was bummed about that cause it meant I had to get up to go to the bathroom and with all the damned fluids they were pumping in me I was going to the restroom like every 2 hours( oh the pain). I walked some more.

 I received some food mashed potatoes puree chicken and puree peas. I ate some of the chicken. I wasn’t very hungry the entire time there.

Saturday 9/10/11

YaY!!!! This was released day for me but it didn’t happen till 6:30ish pm. I couldn’t wait to get out of that place.

The JP tube was removed (that was a weird feeling) but its removal made getting in and out of the bed a little bit better (not that much better but noticeable).

I had to have 3 potassium drips, when they started the first drip it burned so bad that they had to dilute it with saline and that made it take longer to finish. Each bag took about 3 hours.

I was finally released at 6:30ish pm

When I got home all I wanted to do was get in MY bed, but it was too high so I had to get the step stool to get in and out.

I tried to drink but I was too tired, I slept the remainder of Saturday

Sunday 9/11/11 till Sunday 9/18/11

The remaining of the week was pretty much the same routine which consist of eat some and trying to get my fluids in. I’m having a hard time getting in 48oz of fluids in a day. 

Oh and who in the world are these people that are going to the store a few days out and are going back to work in 2 weeks, kudos to them
 

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