4 days post op and finally home
So i'm finally home from the hospital. Came home yesterday. Here is a breakdown of what it's been like for the past four days.
Thursday morning I arrive at the hospital at 5:30 with my bf and wait for my name to be called. The entire time i'm sitting there and the idea that i'm about to have major life changing surgery still hasn't sunk in yet. I'm called in and placed in a holding room and asked to get undressed and put the hospital gown on. My bf is still with me at the point and then I hear my parents coming towards the room. So we're all there, me in bed and dressed for surgery, my parents and my bf. After a few minutes a really cool nurse comes in and goes over all my information and starts to prep me. I.V. is put in and before I knew it I was off for surgery already! I really wish I could remember that nurse's name. She was sooo cool and made me feel so much better. They should all be like that. I said my goodbyes, first to my parents, then to my bf,and just as I was leaving I began to cry. That's when it hit me. I'm wheeled into another waiting room where they hold patients awaiting surgery. I met with the anesthesiologist (sp) and then my surgeon came in with another doc that was going to help her during surgery and a med student who was observing. I was wheeling into the OR and really everything after that is a blurr.
The next thing I remember was waking up in recovery and the first thing out of my mouth, I was asking if it was open.( I was having lap, but it would be open if need be) I don't really remember being wheeled to my room and I know I slept for most of that day. I was on morphine, but still in some pain. Later that night while my bf was visiting, a nurse named Glen (male nurse) came in and told me that it was time for me to walk for the first time. At this point I can't see how that's possible considering the amount of pain i'm in. I slowly made my way to the side of the bed, tubes coming out of my at every end and just sit there for a few minutes. I was tough getting out of bed and I was a little disappointed, because the hospital has special beds for bypass patients and I didn't get one. I finally make and attempt to stand and when I do, I just stand there for a moment and all of a sudden I thought I was going to black out. So back in bed I go and off to sleep I went again. Later that evening they try to get me to walk again and the same thing happened. I thought I was going to black out. So I stayed in bed all day and just slept.
Friday, 1 day after surgery. A team of surgeons agian come to look at me and my wounds, they did this the day before as well, and my surgeon come in to take a look at me. She said that everything went as planned, but she did find some endometriosis on my pancreas, so I need to call my OB about that. But everything went great. Good news, but I was still in LOTS of pain. That afternoon I tried to stand up again, and again I thought I was going to passout. At that time the nurse on staff said that morphine sometimes has that effect, and so I decided to try another pain med and waiting a couple of hours to try walking again. During my next attempt, I made it to the door and back to my bed and then back to the door and down the hall a bit. It was progress, but I was still in lots of pain. My surgeon said the area I was having pain in was wher she cut the muscle and everyone complains of pain there. It was common. So I spent the rest of the day in bed and then getting up and trying to walk.
Saturday 2 days post op. Doc comes in early in the morning to check on how i'm doing and this in the day I have my blue dye test. The doc came in around 10 and gave me an ounce of water with blue dye and I drank it, 15 minutes later he comes back and checks my drain and then goodness I passed, so I was then cleared to start sipping water. Proceeded to do that for the rest of the day as well as walking the halls. I was also very emotional on this day and crying for no reason. Still not sure why.
Sunday 3 days post op. Today was my day to go home and I met with a coleage of my surgeon who came to check on me and clear me to start a clear liquid diet. YAY, crystal lite. I love that stuff. I was feeling better and walkin better and and finally a doc came to remove my drain just before I left. OMG, it was the strangest feeling. I made it throuh and then was finally on my way out. Went and filled by perscrition for pain meds then went home and slept again. I relaxed for the rest of the day and started on my protein.
Thats been my story with wls so far.
Thursday morning I arrive at the hospital at 5:30 with my bf and wait for my name to be called. The entire time i'm sitting there and the idea that i'm about to have major life changing surgery still hasn't sunk in yet. I'm called in and placed in a holding room and asked to get undressed and put the hospital gown on. My bf is still with me at the point and then I hear my parents coming towards the room. So we're all there, me in bed and dressed for surgery, my parents and my bf. After a few minutes a really cool nurse comes in and goes over all my information and starts to prep me. I.V. is put in and before I knew it I was off for surgery already! I really wish I could remember that nurse's name. She was sooo cool and made me feel so much better. They should all be like that. I said my goodbyes, first to my parents, then to my bf,and just as I was leaving I began to cry. That's when it hit me. I'm wheeled into another waiting room where they hold patients awaiting surgery. I met with the anesthesiologist (sp) and then my surgeon came in with another doc that was going to help her during surgery and a med student who was observing. I was wheeling into the OR and really everything after that is a blurr.
The next thing I remember was waking up in recovery and the first thing out of my mouth, I was asking if it was open.( I was having lap, but it would be open if need be) I don't really remember being wheeled to my room and I know I slept for most of that day. I was on morphine, but still in some pain. Later that night while my bf was visiting, a nurse named Glen (male nurse) came in and told me that it was time for me to walk for the first time. At this point I can't see how that's possible considering the amount of pain i'm in. I slowly made my way to the side of the bed, tubes coming out of my at every end and just sit there for a few minutes. I was tough getting out of bed and I was a little disappointed, because the hospital has special beds for bypass patients and I didn't get one. I finally make and attempt to stand and when I do, I just stand there for a moment and all of a sudden I thought I was going to black out. So back in bed I go and off to sleep I went again. Later that evening they try to get me to walk again and the same thing happened. I thought I was going to black out. So I stayed in bed all day and just slept.
Friday, 1 day after surgery. A team of surgeons agian come to look at me and my wounds, they did this the day before as well, and my surgeon come in to take a look at me. She said that everything went as planned, but she did find some endometriosis on my pancreas, so I need to call my OB about that. But everything went great. Good news, but I was still in LOTS of pain. That afternoon I tried to stand up again, and again I thought I was going to passout. At that time the nurse on staff said that morphine sometimes has that effect, and so I decided to try another pain med and waiting a couple of hours to try walking again. During my next attempt, I made it to the door and back to my bed and then back to the door and down the hall a bit. It was progress, but I was still in lots of pain. My surgeon said the area I was having pain in was wher she cut the muscle and everyone complains of pain there. It was common. So I spent the rest of the day in bed and then getting up and trying to walk.
Saturday 2 days post op. Doc comes in early in the morning to check on how i'm doing and this in the day I have my blue dye test. The doc came in around 10 and gave me an ounce of water with blue dye and I drank it, 15 minutes later he comes back and checks my drain and then goodness I passed, so I was then cleared to start sipping water. Proceeded to do that for the rest of the day as well as walking the halls. I was also very emotional on this day and crying for no reason. Still not sure why.
Sunday 3 days post op. Today was my day to go home and I met with a coleage of my surgeon who came to check on me and clear me to start a clear liquid diet. YAY, crystal lite. I love that stuff. I was feeling better and walkin better and and finally a doc came to remove my drain just before I left. OMG, it was the strangest feeling. I made it throuh and then was finally on my way out. Went and filled by perscrition for pain meds then went home and slept again. I relaxed for the rest of the day and started on my protein.
Thats been my story with wls so far.