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My surgery and hospital stay ...
Jul 26, 2009
I was cool and up beat when there were prep-n me for surgery . My sisiter Geni kept talking to me . The put my I.V in marked my belly , some people came and talked to me about what was gonna happen when we went back .. Aunt Flo came to vist the day before my surgery so I was a lil uhhhh if u will.. Then the time came and then took me back . I did not have time to worry and freak cuzz the O.R was right on the other side of the doors . As soon as I got in there I changed beds and someone stuck a mask on me and thats the last I remember . The next thing I remember is people standing all around me talking and alot of burning in my chest and belly .I could not talk so I remember wispering "hurt " and " pain " I guess someone gave me something cuzz I fall back asleep .I came around again and someone told me that they were trying to get me a bed on the heart floor cuzz my heart was skipping beats , then adding extra beats and my O2 was way to low .. I do remember looking at the clock and that was around 730pm . At some point then needed to draw my blood and could not get any so they were trying to get it outa my foot .At around 1030pm I was still in recovery and I ask if I could sit up , some lady helped me that lasted for about 2 mins . At around 1145 they came to get me to take me up stairs .When I got to the floor I was a little more with it . The guy who took my up was there a long with my nurse . She asked me if I could roll over to the next bed . I told her I wanted to stand up and walk so I did . I went into surgery at noon and now it was almost midnight and remembering aunt Flo gifted me the day before I waited for the man to leave to ask the nurse if I need to be cleaned up , she said she would go and get the things to clean me up and be right back ... At around 3am she came back . At round 7am the doctors made there rounds said that I could take out the folly and try and to walk .. When my nurse came in to take it out she helped me to the rest room and cleaned me up .. I had an I.V in both hands those things on my legs to keep my blood moving and this hudge cut down my chest and belly. I asked her if she could help me walk she said later she had to much to do at that time... She never did get the time. This was thursday day . Thursday eve I could no longer lay in the bed so I got up into a chair ( that's where I spent the rest of my stay in that chair ) . Friday I try my best to make it to the restroom in time but I peed a little bit on the back of my leg , when I asked the nurse to come help me she said to me " how to you clean your self up at home " . I wanted to die , I told her that at home I dont have I.V's in both hands and a cut down my chest and belly . She then said ( honest to GOD THIS IS NOT A LIE ) oh did you have surgery ? At this point I felt sooo alone ...She's talking care of me while my nurse was at lunch however she should have known . When my doctors came friday then said I could take a shower , I was soooooo happy , when my nurse came back I asked if she could help me , she said no she had to much to do , I asked if someone could help me walk ... Nope to much to do . Saturday came my doctor came in and said thatI would be going home on Sunday but he was leaving today , he left a paper with some info on it , and said that if I needed anything call his office and also gave me his cell number. I asked my nurse on saturday if she could walk with me she said no ,. By this time I felt so gross I had not had a bath since tuesday night , aunt Flo came and left , my hair was oily , and so was my whole body and I smelled a little like peee . I asked the nurse to please help me with a bath she said no ... Now I am feeling a lil sorry for myself . By the time saturday night got I was in tears crying begging the nurse to help me with a bath . She was sooo nice she was like yes boo I will help you let me get evrything else done I will bring you some pain meds and get u in the bath...... She did just as she said . It was wonderful ... I was released the next morning . I was given no pain meds . Sent home on O.T.C 500mg TY . I never want to go back to that hospital for anything , they never once help me walk , or got me up to walk and treated me like shit .....
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About Me
granite city, IL
Location
30.9
BMI
Surgery
07/15/2009
Surgery Date
Nov 02, 2008
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