Sunday, 12 August 2012

Day 3 since surgery: home at last

I've never felt as ill as I have these past few days in my whole life. I don't really remember much that happened on the day of surgery. I can remember being taken back to the ward but then I drifted in and out of sleep for the rest of the day. I had constant nosebleeds on this day, I didn't really realise what was happening though. I just heard nurses saying that they needed to take off my oxygen mask and clean it because it had filled with blood again. Even though I had blood pouring down my face, I didn't feel it. I didn't sleep at all that night :( I don't remember much of day 1 since surgery either. I don't think I felt much better at all on this day. And going to the toilet took so long because every time I wanted to go, a nurse had to come and take my drains off bed and help me carry them to the toilet. But luckily I had my own room so I didn't have to walk very far. On day 2 since surgery I felt so so ill. I managed to start drinking water through a syringe though but then one of the nurses started making me take dissolvable paracetamol which tasted absolutely disgusting. Then later on that day she said I had to take dissolvable cocodamol which made me sick :( and even though it made me sick every time she gave it to me she still made me have it. Luckily the next day after I had a new nurse and I could go home yay :D but before I could go home she had to do things like pulling the drains out of my neck, which was so horrible! And even though when she pulled them out, there shouldn't have been much bleeding, there was. So I had to put pressure on my neck for ages to try and stop it from bleeding. Then a few hours later I was allowed to go home :D but even though I was really glad to be home, I still couldn't sleep :( I'm finding it really hard to breathe with my jaws wired so I'm hoping it will get easier soon!

1 comment:

Amanda K said...

Hi Laura, I just found your blog. I'm sorry to read you had such a miserable first 3 days. Hopefully it will all turn around and you can focus on healing.
Cheers,
Amanda