I know you all need an update! sorry!!!!

Nov 15, 2010

I know it's been a while and I know some of you are worried! I'm sorry!

So, let me start off by saying, I don't even remember writing my last post! WOW! It's accurate. I was readmitted and did have a second surgery on the 12th, but seriously I don't remember writing any of it!!!

So, what happened was a nightmare for me! Like I said, I came home and felt fine. The next morning I felt like I was on deaths door. My stomach was distended, I was vomiting, weak, miserable! I was instructed to go to the ER, which I did. I got there mid afternoon. The ER docs were not able to get an IV in me. Literally after hours of attempts ( I think I counted 9 times including 2 in my neck!) They decided to do a femoral line, which is in the groin! not only did it hurt like hell, they had to suture it in place!
I sat in the ER until about 2 am when they finally took me up to a room on the floor!

The next 4 days are a blur, I don't remember much but begging the doctors to do something. I looked 9 months pregnant, I was so nauseous. They kept giving me morphine and telling me that I needed to walk because of the gas! yeah right! They did one x ray and a bunch of blood tests in those 4 days, but that's it! The nurses kept telling the doctor that I was looking better! I think they were trying to convince themselves!

Now I forgot to mention that Dr. Giovanni, the Dr that did my original surgery, had left for her wedding and honeymoon right after my surgery, so Dr. Pohl came in on Tuesday ( it was the holiday weekend so he was off the long weekend). When he got in the FINALLY did a CT scan on me and saw I ad a bowel obstruction. I was scheduled for surgery that day and this is where I left you all hanging.........

Sorry! 

I was told by Dr. Pohl that they were going to go in by a few of the laproscopic sites that were previously used for the first surgery and repair the blockage
Ok, I was taken to surgery and they found that one of the stitches in my intestine had caused my intestine to fold over itself. Since I sat in the hospital for 4 days, my bowel was FULL and my stomach was badly distended. Because of this, Dr. Pohl was not able to go in laproscopic but had to open my abdomen to correct the issue. When they did this, the accidentally perforated my bowel and it's contents spilled into my abdominal cavity! ( I know nice right!) So now the surgery was completed, the obstruction was fixed, and I was taken back upstairs. I woke up to a 22 cm incision in my abdomen!

2 days later, I was running a fever and they realized that my incision was infected! ( like it can't get worse!) The perforated bowel and it's contents caused the infection. I was placed on IV antibiotics and the incision had to be reopened to allow the infection out.

So here I sat in the hospital with an open wound and feeling miserable. Days later the infection subsided and I was placed on a wound vac (google it) . I was in the hospital until the last week of October. I came home with my mom and husband.

Today is actually my first day home alone! I needed someone with me around the clock at first because I couldn't do alot for myself. I am still sleeping in a recliner in my living room because, guess what, I till have the wound vac! Per Dr. Pohl, I will probably have it until around Christmas. A visiting Nurse is here 3 times a week to change the wound vac dressing.

Is this what I signed up for? no! Don't get me wrong, I was aware of possible complications. Did I think it would happen to me though, NO. Who ever does. But I'm going to tell you all what I have been telling everyone else, I'M NOT SORRY I DID IT!
I'm truly not! I've been to hell and back and I'm still dealing with it, but I'm still happy with my decision.
I NEVER thought it was going to be easy, and I suggest if you do, that you read up. I struggle with the diet, with the complications, etc. BUT, I am also down 34 pounds!!!!!!!!! I see it when I look in the mirror! When I try on clothes that were tight, I see it in my blood sugar numbers, and it reminds me of why I did this!

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