I got back from Swedish Hospital on Weds. the 29th, after staying for 16 days. I have to say, that I don't remember the pain very much..I hear from Stu that the operation was more involved than they thought and it was a good thing they went in and got the "thing" out. It was a side effect of Pneumonia. So, now i have 3 holes in my side from the tubes they took out; a large incision from where they took the 'thing' out, and a bloated stomach from all the narcotics...other than that, I feel pretty good! I was up to walking 17 times around our hall in the hospital, which was a mile- that way I could forgo the heprin shots in my abdomen...yuck- that was the worst!
I loved the staff, especially the nurses; x-ray techs, and the doctors. Quite an array of personalities and specialties;
I can relate this to a vacation, because I got to sit around, get as much food whenever i wanted, from a menu, got care literally 24 hours a day and got to wear a "cute' gown and robe and slippers with rubber on the bottoms!
I got to meet a lot of neat people and came to appreciate the power of blessings, and people praying for me. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
So, onward and upward!
Here are a few pictures: a picture of one of the tubes they pulled from my side- the reddish part was inside(eww); the two machines(I had three once) that I carried around that were for suction on the tubes( notice my cool wheelchair that I wheeled them around in so I could walk my mile a day!); the board that named my nurse and NAC for the day, and my goals.
so there you go! (sorry for the double of one picture- don't know how to get rid of it!!)
2 comments:
Eww, there was THAT much tube in there? I figured it was just a few inches in. You poor woman. Now let's never get sick again.
You are so sweet to make all that sound like a real vacation. I hope you're feeling tons better, and I'm with Kelli - never get sick again!
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