Question - Oxygen after suregry?

[Tkmdhi 0]

Hi, My surgery date is coming up Tuesday, May 18th. I have been so excited and sure, however something came up that has left me a bit concerned. My friend had her surgery yesterday, and she said that she, along with all of the others that had the surgery that day, had to leave with oxygen. This is the first I've heard about that. I understand why, and certainly would not be against it if it were needed, I'm just curious... is this normal?

[toffeesocks 0]

I'm not entirely sure, but one of the obs they take regularly is your O2 levels in your blood (even through the surgery, a machine monitors it through the color under a fingernail). It can get quite low during an anesthetic and concentrated oxygen through mask or nasal tube helps to get your O2 levels to a more stable level.

I too had to have a nasal tube for a better part of the day out of recovery 'cause mine was quite low. It's no biggy. (: