So my surgery was on June 10th. I was scheduled to be at the hospital at 11 am for a 1pm surgery. At about 8:15 pm I was finally taken into surgery. (That was a very long time in pre-op!) In pre-op I was given special cloths to wash my stomach area, stockings to help with circulation and an IV. They also put these compression things on my legs that inflated and deflated to keep my blood circulation. I was out of surgery around 11pm and was taken to my room around 12:30 am.
I don't remember too much about right after surgery. I know that my oxygen levels were low so I had to be put on a CPAP machine to help me breathe. This machine was pretty uncomfortable. They took my vital signs every 30 minutes. Around 4:30 am I asked to be taken off of the CPAP. My oxygen levels were doing good until I would start dozing off. So the put on a nasal cannula to raise my oxygen levels.
I was also allowed 1/2 cup of ice chips every 2 hours. So that was nice to have. My throat hurt from the breathing tube during surgery.
Around 9 am I got out of bed for the first time. I became extremely nauseous and had to sit down. Once they gave me some medicine I was able to get out of that hideous hospital gown and into some of my own clothes. The rest of the day was pretty good. My pain wasn't too bad, in fact I had hardly used my PCA (Pain medicine pump that the patient controls.) The doctor came in and asked if I wanted to go home. At that point I wasn't sure. I was feeling pretty good, but I was a little hesitant.
About 2 hours later another doctor came in and asked how I felt about it. At that point my pain had increased and I wasn't to sure about going home. He told me that he understood and that it would probably be best to stay over another night.
That night I slept a lot better and was feeling pretty good in the morning, glad to be going home.
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