Hospital Happenings III

How long has it been since I’ve updated the Hospital Happenings? Good heavens. I’m sorry.

Allow me to continue:

16 April Wednesday

After a very disruptive night, I woke up to a second day of pain. The surgery was over and the healing has begun. I do wish it was less painful. My back has started to hurt bad. Funnily enough, the only cause I can think of is because I have not eaten anything since 11.55pm 14 April.

The only way I could find relief from the back ache was to lie on my right side. Unbeknownst to me, a lantern pump was attached to me insides on my right side.

I still kept the morphine pump going but tried to tolerate the pain. It helped a lot to fall asleep for hours on end. Had visitors from the office. Hey, guys! Man, I looked like crappola. As long as they didn’t make me laugh, I’d be okay.

17 April Thursday

Pain continues but has lessened a bit. More visitors. Would you believe I developed a rash from wearing that wretched pair of stockings? At the inner top of the stockings, there are rubber studs to keep the stocking from slipping down. I have slight scars from three such rubber studs AND from the elastic.

Circulation? WHATEVER! I removed them. It felt really good. I promised the nurses that I will wriggle my toes and flex my feet so that they will not discover my blood clot filled body when they come to check up on me at the start of the next shift.

I will not relate how they gave me a sponge bath today. It is way TMI.

Was able to sit up in the evening when I just could not do so the same morning. It is amazing what 12 hours can do. I was surprised at the rate my body seemed to be able to recover from surgery.

Have decided to go easy on the morphine pump. I think by this time I was able to better tolerate the pain.

I could start eating if I wanted to. Trust me, I had no appetite at all. I got my fluids from the drip. Saline. They just won’t give me that orange juice I asked for.

to be continued… (hopefully ending before 2008 does)