COMPLICATIONS

Mar 19, 2012

 HELLO FAMILY,
    WELL, I HAVE BEEN REALLY GOING THROUGH... AS YOU ALL KNOW, I HAD SURGERY ON MONDAY AND SINCE COMING HOME, I WAS UNABLE TO DRINK ANYTHING, I COULD NOT MOVE GAS AT ALL, WHICH FELT AS THOUGH I WAS HAVING CONTRACTIONS. I WAS MISERABLE, BUT WITH MY DETERMINATION I COULD NOT GIVE UP AND CONTINUED TO PUSH THROUGH IT ALL..FINALLY SATURDAY THE PAIN BECAME UNBEARABLE AND I CALLED MY DOCTORS AFTER HOURS LINE. I WAS ADVISED I SHOULD GO TO THE ER DUE TO POSSIBLE DEHYDRATION.
 
    WELL, WHEN I DID SO THEY WERE ADVISED TO COMPLETE A CAT SCAN AND AFTER IT WAS DONE THEY SAW THERE WAS SWELLING WHERE MY NEW POUCH AND INTESTINES WERE CONNECTED. INITIALLY I WAS ADVISED THEY WERE GOING TO HYDRATE ME MORE AND GIVE ME SOME ANTIBIOTICS TO TAKE AT HOME AND I WAS TO RETURN IN A FEW DAYS TO MY DOCTOR. WELL.... THAT WAS EASY ENOUGH , IT'S PRETTY COMMON WITH THESE TYPE OF SURGERIES...RIGHT? WRONG:(  :(   :(

    IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES A DOCTOR CAME IN WHO WAS ON CALL FOR MY SURGEON TO SAY DR V WAS ON HIS WAY AND THEY FOUND THAT AT A CLOSER REVIEW OF MY CT THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS A BLOCKAGE, THERE WAS A PIECE OF BOWEL IN A KINK OF MY INTESTINE WHICH IS WHY NOTHING WOULD GO DOWN. IT ALSO WAS THE REASON FOR THE CONTRACTIONS BECAUSE EACH TIME IT TRIED TO MOVE IT WOULD JUST TWIST MY INTESTINE AND NOTHING. I WAS ADVISED IN TEN YEARS THEY HAVE ONLY SEEN IT THREE TIMES WITH DR V.

    NOW WHEN THEY MENTIONED SURGERY, I BEGAN TO PANIC. FOR SOME REASON I JUST BECAME REALLY AFRAID ADVISING THEM THAT I DON'T THINK I WILL MAKE IT THROUGH. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT FEAR CAME FROM BUT, I JUST DID NOT THINK MY BODY COULD HANDLE TWO SURGERIES IN THREE DAYS.. WELL THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST CAME IN TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND REASSURED ME HE WOULD  TAKE CARE OF ME. I CONTINUED TO TELL  HIM I'M SCARED, I'M AFRAID I WILL NOT WAKE UP THIS TIME. HE REASSURED ME ALL WOULD FINE. I CALLED MY BESTIE AND SHE ASKED IF SHE COULD PRAY WITH ME AND OF COURSE WE DID, IT WAS A PEACEFUL MOMENT AS SHE AND I PRAYED ON THE PHONE AND MY FIANCE HELD MY HAND AND THE DOCTOR STOOD IN SILENCE. AFTER WARDS I WAS READY TO BE ROLLED UP TO THE OPERATING ROOM.

    WELL, THERE I WAS IN THE OR WHERE DR V WAS SIGNING OFF ON EVERYTHING, HE APOLOGIZED FOR THE INCONVENIENCE AND SAID IT WILL TALE 30-45 MIN. AND THEN I WOULD GO TO RECOVERY. THEY ADVISED MY SWEETIE THAT THEY WILL KEEP HIM POSTED OF EVERYTHING, AND THEY DID. THEY CALLED HIM TO SAY I WAS GOING UNDER, 2ND. CALL WAS TO SAY THE OPERATION WAS STARTING. 3RD CALL WAS TO ADVISE IT WAS OVER. 4TH CALL SAID I WAS HEADING TO RECOVERY AND DR V WILL BE OVER TO SPEAK WITH HIM SHORTLY ONCE I WAS STABILIZED. I NEVER QUESTIONED MY DOCTORS ABILITIES, HE CAME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, I RESEARCHED HIM PRIOR TO MOVING TO NC. AS A MATTER OF FACT I WAS LIVING IN SC AND WAS WILLING TO COMMUTE JUST TO BE UNDER HIS CARE. HE IS WELL KNOWN ALL OVER AND THE HEAD BOARD MEMBER FOR BARIATRICS AT THIS HOSPITAL. WHEN I WOKE UP AND WAS HEADED TO MY ROOM I IMMEDIATELY KNEW SOMETHING WAS DONE I DRANK 3 OZ OF WATER WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE PAIN WAS GONE AND I'M FEELING SURE I'M BACKON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY....RIGHT:)....... 

    WELL, I WAS DISCHARGED SUNDAY AS DR V. ADVISED I WOULD BE , I WAS MOVING THE GAS..."SO DISGUSTING" NOT LADY LIKE AT ALL. MY FIANCE' THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE BECAUSE IN ALL THE TIME WE HAVE BEEN TO GETHER HE NEVER HEARD OR SMELLED ME TOOT. HE JOKINGLY SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE BOMBS OVER BAGHDAD AND KNEW I WAS FIXED. WELL, I WAS FEELING GREAT WHEN I GOT HOME JUST A LITTLE SORENESS, WHICH WAS EXPECTED. BUT OVERALL, I COULD GET DOWN PROTEIN, SOUP, WATER JELLO.... AND THEN....YES, THEN COMES THE LEAKING!
    YES FAMILY, AT APPX. 2100 THE PAIN AND LEAKING BEGAN, I WENT TO CLEAN IT UP AND IT CONTINUED...OH NO! WHAT IS THIS? WELL MY BROTHER N LAW AND HIS WIFE ARE BOTH RN's SO I KNOW I'M IN GOOD HANDS BUT I BEGAN TO WORRY. THEY CHANGED THE DRESSINGS, CHECK MY TEMP... NO OOZING OR SMELL MEANT THERE WAS NO INFECTION. I'M SO HAPPY MY FIANCE' SUGGESTED WE STAY BY THEM DUE TO THE STAIRS AND HE DID NOT WANT ME TO BE HOME ALONE, HE WORKS AT NIGHT AND HIS SISTER AND HUSBAND WAS NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN EITHER. HE WORKS ON WEEKENDS AND HIS WIFE WORKS AT NIGHT SO, I ALWAYS HAD SOMEONE WITH ME AT ALL TIMES. I LOVE THEM, THEY TREAT ME LIKE I'M A SISTER THAN A FUTURE SISTER N LAW. WELL, I'M IN A LOT OF PAIN, OF COURSE THIS IS EXPECTED.. AND I HAVE HIM ON TOP OF THE LEAKS. I MEET WITH DR. V ON FRIDAY TO HAVE THE STAPLES REMOVED. LUCKILY, HE WENT INTO THREE OF THE SAME INCISIONS THAT WERE DONE PREVIOUSLY. MY FIANCE' REASSURES ME THAT MY STOMACH IS GOING TO BE EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN IT ALREADY IS...AWW, HOW CAN I NOT LOVE THIS GUY WELL, I'M UP AND DETERMINED TO GET THROUGH THIS. MY 3 ANGELS HAVE ALL BEEN CALLING, TEXTING AND MOST OF ALL PRAYING FOR ME. I AM SO BLESSED, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL. SOMEONE ASKED DO I REGRET THIS? ABSOLUTELY NOT! IT HAS DETERMINED ME TO SUCCEED EVEN MORE. I'M GOING TO DO THIS AND DO IT BIG. EACH DAY I LOOK AT MY INSPIRATIONAL DRESS AND SMILE THROUGH THE PAIN. IT IS A SZ. 7 SPAGHETTI STRAP MINI, WITH BEADERY...ABSOLUTELY ADORE ABLE. I HAVE A GOAL OF MARCH 13 TO POST PICS ON OH FOR THE WORLD TO SEE THAT THROUGH IT ALL, WITH THE HELP OF GOD "I STILL STAND AND NOTHING WILL PULL ME DOWN". I WONT BE DISCOURAGED BECAUSE I KNOW THIS TOO WILL PAST! THANK GOD, THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AND GOT IT CORRECTED AND I HAD THE  BLOOD OF JESUS COVERING ME THROUGH IT ALL   

      WELL FAMILY, I'M BACK... I'M READY TO RIDE THIS TRAIN TIL THE WHEELS COME OFF .. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR WELL WISHES AND PRAYERS IN ADVANCE , IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! ENJOY YOUR DAY AND PLEASE KNOW MY EXPERIENCE IS MINE , IT IS NOT MEANT TO DISCOURAGE ANYONE, IT IS POSTED SO THAT IF THIS HAPPENS TO SOMEONE ELSE THE PERSON READING THIS CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO REFER TO AND ENCOURAGE THE INDIVIDUAL. THIS IS A VERY RARE OCCURRENCE AND EACH DAY I'M WORKING AT GETTING STRONGER AND BETTER. I KNOW THAT HE IN ME IS GREATER THAN AND I CAN DO ALL THINGS, NOT SOME, NOT MAYBE , NOT IF...BUT ALL THINGS THROUGH  HE WHO STRENGTHEN ME.. SO BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THAT LIL BLUE DRESS, THE GOAL IS TO BEAT THE GOAL!

                                         LOVE YOU ALL...ALPHA LUV1

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