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More TMI - After Surgery!
11 years ago
Okay, so! Last night was... fun. They didn't get me back until around 5pm, after trying and trying and trying to get an IV in me. Apparently my body was NOT cooperating with any of the nurses or even the IV Therapist. Fun!
They managed to find a good one in the OR though, and got some meds in me that made me feel a bit tipsy. Rolled me to the operating table and had me climb over on to it and get laid down, strapped a mask on me, and gave me another injection... I don't remember anything after they had me get foam between my knees to keep them straight, and a pillow under my head.
Next thing I knew, they were asking me to help them get me to the rolling bed, and off we went to post-op, asking me all kinds of questions over and over again and making sure I stayed awake.
The doc said the operation should take 30 minutes...
It was two and a half hours before I got back to post-op. Still don't know what exactly happened to make it that bad, but that's because I haven't seen the doc again yet.
They want to discharge me tomorrow - the infectious diseases specialist was telling me that he's pretty sure it's staph, and that depending on if it's normal or resistant (MRSA), I'll need a different kind of medication. They weren't going to know until Friday, however apparently THIS GUY KNOWS WHATS GOING ON when I tell him they took a freaking culture at the ER Saturday. Everyone else was claiming that Mercy doesn't work with them or share info with them and I'm like "I thought they were supposed to?" - this guy was all "All it takes is a single piece of paper for you to sign, that will make this much quicker" - and bam. We should have the results tomorrow so I can have appropriate medication before I go home.
So for now, I have an incision on my left, right, and right in the middle, with four tubes sticking out, two in the middle and one on each side. Two pockets to heal.
They say it's going to take a month or so to heal - since it has to heal from the bottom up. Hence the tubes, to keep air going down there.
Here's hoping that they'll give me some good pain meds when I leave. These tubes are actually stitched to my skin right now so every little wrong twist or turn gives little stabbing pains. Ouch.
They managed to find a good one in the OR though, and got some meds in me that made me feel a bit tipsy. Rolled me to the operating table and had me climb over on to it and get laid down, strapped a mask on me, and gave me another injection... I don't remember anything after they had me get foam between my knees to keep them straight, and a pillow under my head.
Next thing I knew, they were asking me to help them get me to the rolling bed, and off we went to post-op, asking me all kinds of questions over and over again and making sure I stayed awake.
The doc said the operation should take 30 minutes...
It was two and a half hours before I got back to post-op. Still don't know what exactly happened to make it that bad, but that's because I haven't seen the doc again yet.
They want to discharge me tomorrow - the infectious diseases specialist was telling me that he's pretty sure it's staph, and that depending on if it's normal or resistant (MRSA), I'll need a different kind of medication. They weren't going to know until Friday, however apparently THIS GUY KNOWS WHATS GOING ON when I tell him they took a freaking culture at the ER Saturday. Everyone else was claiming that Mercy doesn't work with them or share info with them and I'm like "I thought they were supposed to?" - this guy was all "All it takes is a single piece of paper for you to sign, that will make this much quicker" - and bam. We should have the results tomorrow so I can have appropriate medication before I go home.
So for now, I have an incision on my left, right, and right in the middle, with four tubes sticking out, two in the middle and one on each side. Two pockets to heal.
They say it's going to take a month or so to heal - since it has to heal from the bottom up. Hence the tubes, to keep air going down there.
Here's hoping that they'll give me some good pain meds when I leave. These tubes are actually stitched to my skin right now so every little wrong twist or turn gives little stabbing pains. Ouch.
Drako
!drako
Yikes. Sounds like progress is being made, though.
Hige10
~hige10
I hope everything goes ok! Those antibiotics they will give you can be pretty harsh over 30 day periods ( what they usually prescribe for staph infections) So be ready for that Tubes shouldn't be there to long once all the discharge is out, Hope you heal quickly
3phemeral
~3phemeral
Holy crap! D: I'm so relieved to see this update, though! I tried contacting... someone with knowledge of the situation and they never got back to me. XD;
