Two days post-op
May 8th 2005,
I am two days post op and I feel worse for wear! I am very swollen and badly brusied, I am in a lot of pain and discomfort but the nurses are keeping me topped up with my pain meds thankfully! Surgery went well and lasted just over 14 hours, they were able to do what they had planned to do, though they did end up taking more bone graft than originally thaught. I am hooked up to several IV lines. I also have two drains in place one goes from one ear to the other (i'm not looking forwards to that one coming out!!!)and the other one is in my hip where they took the bone graft. I'm gald in someways that they took the graft from my hip as I didn't like the idea of them messing with my skull, but they needed a lot of bone and it would have been too much to take from my skull.
I have blurred and double vision which is no fun! I have mountains of cards and presents to open but it will be a good few dyas before I will be able to open them. I am finding it hard to get comfortable as even the slightest of move hurts. I am having breathing problems and I am still hooked up to my good friend o2!! But i'm told that i'm doing good (it sure doesn't feel that way!!). The physiotherapist will be stopping by later and hopefully I will be allowed to get out of this bed! I haven't got out of bed since the surgery.
I have had 5 units of blood since the surgery to replace the blood I lost in surgery. Mr R said that it was like niagra falls when he opened my head!
Sarah
I am two days post op and I feel worse for wear! I am very swollen and badly brusied, I am in a lot of pain and discomfort but the nurses are keeping me topped up with my pain meds thankfully! Surgery went well and lasted just over 14 hours, they were able to do what they had planned to do, though they did end up taking more bone graft than originally thaught. I am hooked up to several IV lines. I also have two drains in place one goes from one ear to the other (i'm not looking forwards to that one coming out!!!)and the other one is in my hip where they took the bone graft. I'm gald in someways that they took the graft from my hip as I didn't like the idea of them messing with my skull, but they needed a lot of bone and it would have been too much to take from my skull.
I have blurred and double vision which is no fun! I have mountains of cards and presents to open but it will be a good few dyas before I will be able to open them. I am finding it hard to get comfortable as even the slightest of move hurts. I am having breathing problems and I am still hooked up to my good friend o2!! But i'm told that i'm doing good (it sure doesn't feel that way!!). The physiotherapist will be stopping by later and hopefully I will be allowed to get out of this bed! I haven't got out of bed since the surgery.
I have had 5 units of blood since the surgery to replace the blood I lost in surgery. Mr R said that it was like niagra falls when he opened my head!
Sarah
posted by sarah | 4:57 AM
1 Comments:
Jusr be reading your blog I can see that you are a positive person, and I know that the surgery was a long haul as I have been through jaw surgery too.
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