Michelle Manor
Post-OP
May 01, 2009
Well Im back and I had my surgery one 28 April, its finally over I went in to the surgical floor at 615am my hubby and my mom and the boys were with me signed in then they took me back and I changed clothes they game me my shot in the belly for the blood thinner and started my IV then anesthesia came in and then Dr. Olsen came in to see me, then Chris came back and we said our see ya laters and then they took me into the operating room I think I cried the whole way to the doors from being sooo nervous when i got in there they hooked me up to everything then a mask went over my face and thats all i remember. then i woke up in recovery and I was there for a few hours I woke up in the most awful pain it took a while to get my pain under control before they would release me to the step down unit...then when I finally made it to the step down unit they put me on morphine pump and yep I used that bad boy they also give you zantac thru the iv to help with stomach acids and lactaid in my IV. I had to keep having the blood thinner shots in the stomach ended up being 3 a day and those SOB's hurt. I got up went to the bathroom about 3 times and by 8pm that night I was walking the ward and did almost a dozen rounds I was on it, I did not get any sleep in the hospital my oxygen and heart rate were way too low everytime I would fall asleep the alarms would go off and the nurses would have to come in so they put me on oxygen that helped but my heart rate just would not come up my 1st night there. My legs are killing me now they keep the pumps on your legs when you are in the bed to prevent blood clots and they are so sore now. My stomach looks awful it is so swollen and bruised I feel like I am 10 months pregnant and my back is killing me, the thought has crossed my mind thinking "what in the crap did I do to myself" but I know it hurts now but it will all be worth it. I follow up with Dr. Olsen Tuesday so will post how it goes so far im getting my protein in and any food everyone else in the house is eating makes me pure nauseous I try to eat bymyself so I dont have to see what they eat because just the smell gets to me. Right now im doing my protein shakes and cream soups strained and SF puddings and I am barely eating 3 ounces of soup and I am full. Well thats about it for tonight Im about to get to bed soon Cody has a game tomorrow so will update more later.
