Home Sweet Home.....

Aug 04, 2009

Well, It's 4:44am on August 5th and I'm home from the Hospital in one piece.     I feel pretty good considering I have 5 incisions and a drain hole in my body.    My daughter has been a life saver, staying at the hospital with me and careing for me far better than any paid nurse could.   Dont get my wrong, the nurses were great, but this kid didnt leave my side since the surgery, both at the hospital and at home.     I couldnt ask for better Or more loving care!! 
  Now.. I got things moving pretty quickly once the surgery was over. Starting with 30cc's of room temp water an hour untill the upper GI showed that I was leak free and ready for a clear liquid tray.   Funny thing is, to have the GI, they gave me the leak test with Iced down contrast dye in a cup with a straw...telling me to take LARGE GULPS of the stuff and swallow quickly!! WTF????  I mean , Doc is telling me supper small sips of room temp water only...no straw, and slow slow sips.....I could hardly get the shit down with out throwing it back up/  I managed...I just thought it was kinda strange......
    I guess my biggest question is....now that im past the little green sponge that I had to suck on for the first bit of time..and I'm past the room temp water in a little medacine cup prer hour, and I'm finally on the clear liquid diet....How the hell long is this gurgling pipe thing gonna go on????  I've heard others mention it...and now I have it full force.    I take a tiny sip of water, tea, broth, what ever.....and its goes down a little......sip--seallow--gurggle---gurggle again-- girgle a 3rd time-- pain in the shoulder and chest where he had to fix a hital hernia I didnt know I had---  then 16-20 hic-cups.     Not excruciating, not unbareable....but deffinatly annoying!!!!   i'm just wondeing if it stops or slows afer a bit of time..or maybe if there is a trick to minimizing this phanomina......lol
    Anywayz.....I just finished going potty....and taking some pain meds...and i'm going back to bed.  I'm finally home and getting some uninterupted sleep...so i'm gonna take advantage.     I'll write more later and tell the tale of the transport kid that hates fat ladies and shows it!!!!   What a tale!!!                Thanks for all the support and to those who checked in on me!!!     Donna

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