Day 37... Post-OP Day 2 and Mom is doing well. They moved her to the Surgical Floor and Dr. Zane OK'd Ice Chips... HURRAY!! He told her the procedure went well and they also removed 3 feet of small intestine... We knew this but didn't want to say anything until Mom was told. When they opened her up, they found a lot of scar tissue from her previous 3 C-Sections (Monica, Barbara & Jeanette) plus her Hysterectomy. The scar tissue had adhered to her small intestine which blocked access to the colon (aka > large intestine). Dr. Zane told us after her surgery and told Mom today, "Don't worry about the 3 feet of small intestine we removed... You'll never miss it!" We teased Mom about her 'tummy tuck' and She gave us the stink-eye! =D Because of this procedure she's had a additional drainage tube through her nose, down her throat and into the small intestinal area. They'll keep the nose tube in until what goes in the collection receptacle is reviewed by surgical pathology. Mom told Dr. Zane what 'Dr. Eeyore' said about her abdominal area being "a mess"... He chuckled and said, "It was a mess but we cleaned it up!"
Later on the Nurses got her up and standing! They are still giving her blood transfusions as her count is 8.1 and should be 10. She's no longer attached to the cardiac monitor or the leg pumps and sooner rather than later they'll have her up and walking laps around the hall :-) The Surgical Floor is where other Post-OP patients are and Mom has already observed, "The others here on this floor with me are always out in the hallways walking around like I'm going to!" ... Any bets on how long before she gets to know everyone and their 'stories' too??? =D Mom really looks good and she says she's even starting to think about food again... a good sign! Tomorrow we'll start another day and with it move closer toward recovery.... Thank you for all your email responses! We save them all in an email file for her to read once she's home and back on her laptop! ;-) xoxoxo...
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