Home!

Apr 18, 2014

Surgery went very well.  I was surprisingly not scared or nervous going in.  Everyone at St. Francis Hospital was super nice and took great care of me.  My hubby was even able to stay with me the entire time.  They did end up keeping me for 2 nights because my blood pressure and pulse were way too high.  I was glad that they did too because I felt so much better that second day. 

Notes from the hospital:   I took very little and used almost none of it.  The hospital had everything I needed and I was in no mood to read.  Heparin shots hurt like hell and I had about 7 during the time I was in there.  My surgery was done laparoscopic Robotic and I woke up with two IV's and two blood pressure cuffs.  I also woke up with a catheter, but they took it out before I was taken to my room.  Urinating after did  burn but only for the first 3 or 4 times.  The hospital bed is not comfortable at all.  I couldn't seem to find a position where my back or butt wasn't sore.  I also had a really bad sore throat.  All the nurses would tell me is it was from being intubated, but I knew better.  Yes my throat was scratchy for a short time after waking from surgery, but the pain I was having was also accompanied with a really thick post nasal drip.  And the paid was higher than my throat, more behind my nose so I knew it was from the Oxygen.  The thick drip made me feel really nauseous and even gave me the dry heaves.  I had a case of the foamies once but mostly the heaving was non productive, although it did make me feel better.  The nurses tried to help by adding water to my oxygen but it didn't help enough.  Luckily it did start getting better once I didn't need the oxygen anymore.   My overall pain level was about a 5-6 right after surgery but stayed around a 2-3 while recovering.  The nausea was much more uncomfortable than the pain was. 

So now I'm home and I found its not so bad sleeping on my sides.  I can also get in and out of bed on my own with very little pain.  I'm getting all my water in and in another day or so Ill get to start back on protein shakes.  I don't have much in the way of Gas pains but my stomach finally woke up yesterday and boy is it talkative!  Also I have no hunger yet either.  My skin is itchy and not only at the incision sites.  A hot shower helped a bit, but I'm still itchy.

Today is my first full day at home.  Later on my mom and I are going to go to the mall to walk a bit.  Other than that I'm just gonna rest and sip my water today.

2 Comments