Home from the hospital

Apr 30, 2010

Well It wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be. I arrived at the hospital at 5:00 Monday Morning. I got preped and wheeled down to surgery around 7:30 am. My RNY surgery took about 2 1/2 hours to complete. I came out of surgery and was taken into ICU (this is where I stayed for 24 hours). The hard part came after the surgery. I was in alot of pain but the morphene helped. I could not care for myself. In fact I had my first spongebath ever after the surgery. The next afternoon I went to a reguler room where I stayed for three days. I had a few supprises along the way. One of them being a second surgery. I had to have a central line inserted into a vain on my upper right arm. This is becasue 5 people tried to keep and get an IV started. My vains were either too small or had something else wrong with them. It took them 4 tries to get the central line in. It was so worth the pain. I didn't have to get stabbed anymore with needles after the line was in (other then in the belly). My poor belly has poka dots on it (it matches my arms). I didnt realize that I would have to have shots in the belly every eight hours to prevet blood clots. The shot were not that bad though. Walking hurt but that got easier too. I had to be on oxygen the whole time because my oxygen satuation kept dropping. Now I have chapped lips and nose. I had problems controlling my bowels the last day. I guess it was from all the gas. EEW. Now I am haveing trouble trying to eat. IDK how much and I have a low desire for it. I am so glad it is done and over with. All in all it was an ok exsperance. The staff took great care of me. I am so greatful for that.

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