Hospital Stay

The next few days are a blur. I don’t remember anything that happened the first day. One of the first things I do remember is the leak test. Only because they make me drink a barium chalky substance after they just cut me all apart and put me back together. Pretty gross and pretty painful. I find out an hour later when Dr. Rasmussen comes by that I passed the leak test and am no allowed to start drinking. I also have to start training my stomach to only have 3-4oz. of fluids in an hours’ time frame.

Family, friends, and co-workers come to visit but most of their visits are a blur. I have the best family and friends in the world. They fill my room with balloons, and flowers, and even presents. By the time I left the hospital, there was room for nothing else.

I am kept pretty doped up so I don’t remember a lot of what happened in the hospital. I get the catheter taken out on the second day, only to be re-cathed that night due to not putting anything out. That’s always a pleasant experience you can’t really forget. I get my blood drawn at 3:00 in the morning every single day I am there.  Vitals happen all through the night. I basically don’t sleep, unless I am on the drugs. I get moved to a full liquid diet 2 days in which includes carnation instant breakfast drinks and broths. I am weaned off of all the lovely meds. I am feeling pretty good and want so badly to go home. I am discharged on Saturday (4 day hospital stay).