tipsygirl
Near Death Experience
Jun 03, 2011
I dont mean to be so dramatic in my title, but theres really nothing else I could title it. I had my surgery on the morning of May 17th. Everything went perfect. I woke up from surgery with pain but it was totally manageable. I was using bathroom, walking and even taking in a little liquid. By that evening I had to use the bathroom and had called my nurse. She came to help me out of bed and I fell back on bed and passed out. My BP had dropped and she couldnt get me to come around for awhile. When I finally came to, I felt fine and was really confused about what had happened. I felt no pain and in fact I expressed to her that I still needed to use bathroom. She told me, "Hell NO!" lol She called surgeon to come check me out. He explained that this only happens when there is a bleed or a possible leak. He suggested we go back in (laproscopic) and see what was going on. I called family and off I went to surgery. After a 6 hour additional surgery that evening, I awoke in ICU. I had an incision from my sternum to my bellybutton. They had gone in and there was blood everywhere. Not just a bleed that they could just clamp off. I was seeping blood from all my organs. They finally added a drain and closed me up. The doctors kept giving me blood and plasma and tried many different clotting meds. After several days of ICU being totally unresponding and very sick they finally got me the right factor of clotting med to make me quit bleeding. It was so scary. This certain factor isnt at my area hospitals. They had to get it from St Louis. It was either get it to me or ship me to STL. Thank Goodness, just when I was about to give up, they found the right med. I can truly say I thought I was going to die. I kept having my children come in the ICU and I would open my eyes and think to myself that I needed to say something profound and I just couldnt muster up anything to say. I spoke rarely. I was there about 4 days. I have to explain that this wasnt my surgeons fault. Even with all the testing and stuff my surgeon requested before surgery, things still happen. Evidently, I have developed a blood disorder. Ive never had any issues with prior surgeries and there has been many. I dont have any certain diagnosis back yet, but I see the blood dr next week. Because of the transfusions my blood isnt my blood right now to do testing. They think I have developed Von Willabrand disease, but we still arent sure. After my bleeding stopped I was transferred to a regular room on the bariatric floor. I just LOVED my nurses. They kept me there another few days until they finally released me. I was in the hospital for a week. As far as my original surgery goes, I am doing great with my sleeve. The secondary surgery has been a little rough to get over. Lots of pain coming home after surgery, but now Im doing great! I can drive now and I was told today I can start walking. :) Im having trouble getting all my food and protein in but my water is no trouble at all. I feel very little restriction and have no hunger. I do however want food. I guess thats what they mean by head hunger. I talked to Dr about it today and he said this is my time to lose and not to worry too much about it. Get protein when I can, water, water, water and take my supplements. Im losing pretty quick so I guess this is all going to be worth it. I feel so blessed. I have a wonderful family and really good friends who prayed I would get better and I did. Thanks to all of my OH friends who sent prayers or good thoughts or texts my way. You will never know what it means to me. I love my OH friends!
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About Me
IL
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37.6
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Surgery
05/17/2011
Surgery Date
Feb 25, 2011
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