Came home from hospital today in the afternoon at about 2 o'clock.
It was an exhausting morning at the hospital not sure whether I should be coming home or not or just hanging out in the hospital room with the available care until Saturday morning.
Dr. Choi was supposed to come in the morning at 9 o'clock and take out the draining pipes but he failed to show up which was quite surprising. So we call Sunny the nurse and she immediately came and attended to me with all the necessary things that needed to be done which was removing the drains and dressing the incisions.
As soon as those two little drains and plastic pipes came out I decided to go home. Removing the pipes was an experience to be believed because it felt like someone was sucking out something from inside my body which is essentially what was happening anyway.
The ride home was OK – just one quick lane change hurt a lot – but other than that, mostly just discomfort of being cramped in a car seat. Getting in and out isn't easy even though we have a fairly lux SUV.
Once home, it was settling down in bed, having the meds handy, being as comfortable as possible. Going up the stairs to the bedroom was not as difficult as I had imagined. Slow and steady won that race.
Once you are off the drips at the hospital, and are at home, it is hugely important to keep your fluids up. I did not have to use a wee-bottle (or bed pan) at the hospital, and at home it was business as usual. While the initial Day One post op pain meds via drip, the morphine pump hangover was all clear before I came home, I am still drowsy and tired. Really, awfully tired. And, oh, yes, my back hurts. The surgery site hurts.
It was an exhausting morning at the hospital not sure whether I should be coming home or not or just hanging out in the hospital room with the available care until Saturday morning.
Dr. Choi was supposed to come in the morning at 9 o'clock and take out the draining pipes but he failed to show up which was quite surprising. So we call Sunny the nurse and she immediately came and attended to me with all the necessary things that needed to be done which was removing the drains and dressing the incisions.
As soon as those two little drains and plastic pipes came out I decided to go home. Removing the pipes was an experience to be believed because it felt like someone was sucking out something from inside my body which is essentially what was happening anyway.
The ride home was OK – just one quick lane change hurt a lot – but other than that, mostly just discomfort of being cramped in a car seat. Getting in and out isn't easy even though we have a fairly lux SUV.
Once home, it was settling down in bed, having the meds handy, being as comfortable as possible. Going up the stairs to the bedroom was not as difficult as I had imagined. Slow and steady won that race.
Once you are off the drips at the hospital, and are at home, it is hugely important to keep your fluids up. I did not have to use a wee-bottle (or bed pan) at the hospital, and at home it was business as usual. While the initial Day One post op pain meds via drip, the morphine pump hangover was all clear before I came home, I am still drowsy and tired. Really, awfully tired. And, oh, yes, my back hurts. The surgery site hurts.
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