Post Op Medical Update

Nov 16, 2009

Well, the last time I wrote to you, I was having severe pain in the navel area and my stomach was the most unusual color of black/blue with the skin looking like it was gong to crack open.  I called the surgeon's office and ask if they wanted me to send them a  pic via email...and the male nurse told me to come in the next morning so they could take a look at it....
I went in.....he took a first quick glance & said, I'm getting the surgeon to look at this.   The surgeon came in....told me he had never had a situation like this & that he was going to have to go into the area just below the navel & open it up bcs he thought there might be infection setting up.....so he did go in....no numbing....no anesthesia.....just scalpel.....oh boy.
My husband was in the room & the mnute he cut me open...this huge stream of black blood came pouring up up up & out like a fountain.  It was the old blood I had lost during the internal bleeding episode in the hospital post op.  All that old blood had been trapped in the fat tissues of my lower abdomen & that is what was causing the burning like pain that was almost unbearable.  I immediately felt relief.  He packed it....and it is deep.....   Now I have a home health nurse that comes daily to repack my wound.  The black stomach is no longer black....its green bruised looking & healing.  However, where the blood was trying to find its way to the surface, I guess thats why the skin had looked dry & cracked on top of the "bruise" before he drained it......the skin is healing now & itchng like crazy crazy.   I'm thankful to get this cleared up......but WOW has this been a tough surgery for me.   I did not expect all this.  I'm down 23 lbs as of 2 days ago.  I'm hoping its 25 when I weigh at the docs today.
This has been difficult, bcs many said they had navel pain, so I thought this was the same as they had.....It was excruciating, but I was trying to bear with it.......so glad I went in for Doc to see it....   I'm gong back this morning & hoping that I will get the ok to start Phase 4 Diet (Pureed foods).  I'm having extreme muscle tightness or intestinal inflammation on my left side.  Gotta ask about this now.......

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