duh_Mom
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Good day all, wow, what a journey I have had getting to the losers bench. I actually straddled the lost bench a day or 2. Had my surgery (BPD/DS) on Tuesday 6/16 - seemed to do ok but kept complaining of reflux. On the 18th - things went from bad to worse -short story. . . had an incarcerated bowel - went into shock and required extensive fluid resuscitation and of course surgery to un-incarcerate my bowel, also massive antibiotics. The surgeon was not sure if there was rupture prior to the surg but thank goodness after he got the bowel out of the hole it was trapped in the blood just flowed back into it. Went home on the following Tuesday but ended up a 23 hour admit on that Friday for a thorentesis - took over 400 cc of my right lung. I was having pain under my right shoulder blade I was sure was referred pain from the CO2 in my gut. (damn nurses that think they know shit) After the fluid resuscitation, i had fluid stored up every where! I had a couple extra ba_donk_a_donk butts on each hip and pitting edema in by legs from all the 3rd spacing.
My white count was still above normal - 20ish - but could not find any reason - I still felt like hell and started with low grade fever - so, Wednesday this week he did an abdominal CT and have decided I have colitis with potential C-diff. Started different antibiotic and feel much better.
I will say as I was going through this I did regret ever hearing the term BPD/DS - but I kept all y'alls words that this too shall pass - it is the short term.
I am going to do a bit of reading and catch up on things.
My white count was still above normal - 20ish - but could not find any reason - I still felt like hell and started with low grade fever - so, Wednesday this week he did an abdominal CT and have decided I have colitis with potential C-diff. Started different antibiotic and feel much better.
I will say as I was going through this I did regret ever hearing the term BPD/DS - but I kept all y'alls words that this too shall pass - it is the short term.
I am going to do a bit of reading and catch up on things.