Had a bad time yesterday morning about 4:30AM when all the
pain meds wore off but morphine is our friend and all was well.
Codeine is also our friend although it keeps making me take
naps. Although I guess taking naps is
really all I’m up to right now. I’m
hoping to be able to live without it by Monday.
Get my head clear and get on with full recovery.
I’ve had an entire protein shake already to day as well as
lots of water. Working on my second
shake. I need three today to meet my
protein goal: 60 grams. I should be able
to do it without too much trouble. I just
need to take it slow. One tiny sip at a time.
I have to crush my regular meds and dissolve them in liquid. Most of them taste vile so I’m going to have
to come up with a better way. Stronger liquid,
prolly.
Most of the nurses and people in the hospital were
great. Only one guy, Frank, treated me
like my questions were just too stupid to answer. I asked a lot of questions. I wanted to know exactly what everyone was
doing and why. All meds required a full explanation
of what, why and what the side effects were going to be. Frank thought I should just shut and lie
there and let him do whatever he wanted to do.
I was glad when I got to go to my room and leave him behind in
recovery.
Other than that asshole, everyone was quite happy to explain
things to me. They put in lots of effort
battling blood clots in the legs. I was
bruising so easily at one point that I turned down any more blood
thinners. They took blood at one point
and I bled all over everywhere! Not big
deal but kinda scary to look down and see all the red stuff!! They wiped me down and bandaged me up and
everything was fine. I also have a fine
bruise on my left forearm from something they did in surgery. No idea what but it left a great, big
bruise. I think I had had enough blood
thinners!!
So, I’m napping in my recliner, sipping water and shakes and
just generally taking it very easy. I
don’t have anything I need to do so resting will be my activity from now
on. J
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