On the Avenger Team!!!

saj192 · April 24, 2008

Well folks, I made the team. I was banded on Tuesday. Glad I checked my voicemail because they moved my surgery from 7AM to 11AM, meaning I was able to get an extra 4 hours of sleep (I am not a morning person).

I checked in, noticed they did not weigh me (which was interesting). Also, glad I checked the boards here because that gave me a heads up about the Heparin shot into the stomach (blood thinner to reduce possibility of clots).

They wheeled me into the operating room and gave me a great Pina Colada to relax. I actually had 3 surgeons working on me, my doc, his partner and another doc from the east coast of Florida who specializes in laproscopic surgeries to watch how my docs perform. They even videotaped it and I can get a copy in 2 weeks at my first follow up.

I ended up staying the night in the hospital, not necessarily a bad thing, except the guy next to me fell asleep with his tv blaring and snored like the dickens. I got up and walked around the hallway at midnight and 3AM. They were always coming in a checking blood pressure and "vitals".

I had a few ounces of Water and apple juice during the night and the first time I went to the bathroom was a stinging surprise as they had a catheter in me during the surgery. Boy, talk about a rude awakening!

The docs came in around 7AM and cleared me to go home. Got the discharge instructions, put on the belly support wrap and was on my way home. The pain through thr night was not too bad about a 2-4 on their 10 point pain scale. I did take some morphine at around midnight after my walk. And I have some vicodine with me at home that I took 3 times yesterday and I think I will take some more here in a few minutes as the incision sites are a little sore, but not that bad.

Will check in later in the day.

Steve