OK lets start the the day of surgery itself...left the house at 5:45Am to be at the hospital by 7am. We got to Memorial Hospital in plenty of time. Was taken into pre opt by 7:15 where they do well what all pre opt areas do make you sit in front of a clock and watch the time, as well as meet your Dr and the nice people that will make you go to sleep. Then you wait and wait and wait...Finally its 9:1 and I am wheeled into the operating room.
Once in the operating room I lay on the table and I hear after a couple of mins are you ready to go to sleep and the next thin I know I wake up in recovery. So the surgery itself took all of 45 mins to do and that is where they took 90% of my stomach out. once awake in the recovery room i feel no pain at all but I do feel the bloating gas pain from them pumping me full of air. SO from recovery I am wheeled directly into my room which was 410W. From there I proceed to begin walking about 30 mins of being put into the room. Walking is the only way and best way to get rid of the bloating and pressure in the belly. Although I an very tired from still having anesthesia in my system I walk and walk and walk. My wife comes up to see me and stays a while then I tell her to go as all I was doing was sleeping. That's all day one....
Day 2... I wake up with my tail bone hurting like a bitch because I didn't sleep in the bed because it was uncomfortable so I slept in a reclining chair that was not much better. SO upon waking I now really feel the discomfort in my belly but I cant tell if its gas pain or the beginning of the healing process. SO again I start walking the halls looking for as much relief as I could find. Finally I give in and ask for my pain medication. After taking them I feel much better. Of course while doing all this I need to keep myself hydrated as I will be on all clear liquids for the remainder of the week. My family comes you to visit and they can see that I am in discomfort so I ask for more pain meds and my boys make me get up and walk the halls. for Now while I am trying to drink liquid every time I would swallow I wound get a pain in my lower chest /upper abandonment. I I would relay this to my DR the morning of day three. This is the end of day 2.
Day 3 I'm going home right...NOT... My ass is killing me and sleep evades me so I'm tired as all hell and I now hate everything on channel 4 here in Jacksonville. I proceed to tell my Dr about the sensation I have when I try to drink and he orders a cardio consult. The cardo department proceeds to do an EKG of my heart as well as a Echo Cardiogram. My surgeon sends me for a CT scan of my abdomen. Get the results of the EKG back and I'm told that there looks to be some kind of possible damage to my heart. and that depending on what the Eco shows will let them know what direction to go in. I am told that I may need a valve stint put into my heart and that I could of had a minor heart attack somewhere. SO I wait upset scared I break out crying thank GOD my wife was with me when I got the news as she was my ROCK that I needed there. I wound of been no good without here there. Lets fast forward a couple of hours,....the CT scan of my abdomen comes back normal but still no results of the ECO. I tell my wife to go home as we now know that I will not be coming home on this day and hopefully i will be home come day four. The Cardio Dr finally comes in and tells me that the Eco is all normal and that everything looks good. Finally some good news on this day.....lets not forget that through all this I am walking and walking and attempting to sit and get somewhat comfortable. Finally I take a shower brush my teeth and attempt to get some long overdue SLEEP.
Day 4....OK I wake up after getting some sleep and I do mean SOME sleep and I'm walking the halls as I feel really good this morning...its 7am and I meet m surgeon in the hall where he proceeds to tell me yep I will set you free and you are going home. About a half hour my endocrinologist comes in says the same thing that he is OK|ing me to go home today then an associate from the Cardo team comes in ask a few questions and leaves she says she will review my test from the day before but all looks good...WOW its now 8:30 and I'm thinking I should be home at least by noon.......NOT. My nurse comes into my room and lets me know that the Cardio team has ordered another CT scan this time of my chest. At this point I am thinking here we go again......finally after waiting 2 hours they come get me for this test. I take the test and about an hour later my nurse looks up my results and says that everything came back normal and that all we are waiting on is for Dr's to give their OK and I'm on my way home this is now at 12:30 PM. So I wait and walk and wait and walk and finally I decide that If the Dr for whatever reason says I am not going home today that I will evoke my right and check myself out. I made a decision that I was NOT spending another night in the hospital. SO more sitting more waiting more walking ans FINALLY at 4:15 Pm I am set free to finally come home. I officially get out of the hospital somewhere around 5pm I get home get attacked by my dog lucky eat dinner and begin getting things back to normal. Of course now that I'm home I should be sleeping but here I am at 12:26am writing all this. LOL. Oh yea the first thing I do when I get home is get on the scale where it says 263 which is 11 lbs gone from when this all began on 4/14/14. I am very happy with my decision and cannot wait to begin to see the dramatic results. I have no pain at all with the exception of the incision that the stomach actually came out from and oh yea my ass hurts from those damn hospital chairs...LOL. More to come.
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