Home from the hospital...

Dec 19, 2008

My surgery was on 12/17, it was supposed to be at 11am, but they were running behind, and I didn't go back until 2pm... They didn't call my hubby and let him know I was in recovery until 5 pm, so when I go in next week, I'm going to ask what the delay was about... I woke up in recovery, I think about 6? And they kept me in there until 9pm when they finally moved me to my room. I was so anxious to see my hubby...but they wouldn't let me see him till I got to my room... But there was a very attentive nurse who sat on a stool between me and another patient the whole time, and all she did was attend to us.

I don't feel like I have any sensitivity to sweets, at least not yet, because I can tolerate my sugar free kool aid just fine without diluting it... But I know the surgery had to have worked because for breakfast and lunch the next day, I couldn't eat anything more than three tiny cubes of jello and I was full.

I'm still in pain, and yall, the morphine pump in the hospital did nothing for me... Don't know if yall realize, but u have to press the pump button every ten minutes...each dose is supposed to last ten minutes... I never felt any relief, and I also questioned them, "So if I'm sleeping and I don't press the pump, I'm going to wake up in a whole hell of a lot of pain???" Yep... Sucks!!!

But as everyone says, stay hydrated and walk... I'm still in pain (they sent me home yesterday) but the liquid lortab they gave me actually helps... Set a timer and take it every four hours, not later, don't let it wear off! And don't freak out about the taste, you can handle it...it actually just tastes like nasty cough syrup... Just have some apple juice or something of the sort to chase it with.

I'm trying to think of what else to tell yall...oh...the JP drain sucks! I hate this thing! And when u have to pinch the tubing and get the liquid down into the drain to empty it, it hurts!!! So definitely have your meds!!!

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