I am writing this blog from my hospital bed. I have been here since last Sunday. My surgery was Friday. Of course it was not routine, because lets just be honest, nothing ever goes routine for me medically.
Dr. Thomas said he removed around 2,000 gallstones. He had to cut me open to get to them all. He also had to take out part of my liver. So this has slowed the healing process WAY down.
Right now I am basically in constant pain. Right after surgery I had the handy little pain pump that jacked me up on the Diloded (?) whenever I needed it. But alas, they took my little friend away a few days ago... I know that's a good thing, I do not want to get addicted... BUT in the mean time, I hurt. ALL the time. The Lortab and Demerol dull the pain, but getting up, moving around is still really painful. Just going to the bathroom is an ordeal because I have these drain thingys that are sewn in to me. FUN TIMES!
They transfused 2 units of blood the other night... that is never a fun ordeal... PLUS were feeding me Lasix to keep swelling down, so I was hooked up to all these tubes and IVs and having to get up and pee like every 20 minutes. That was not a good night my friends haha
But I know it will slowly get better. I took a shower by myself for the first time Friday. Moving around is slow going, but getting easier. I even took a walk down the hall to the nurses station and back, with some assistance from the hubby.
So I need to learn patience right now. I need to let all of my drs and nurses help me and not be afraid of sounding like a whiny baby.
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