I've been staying with my mom since I was released from the hospital but it's time for me to get home and see what my boys have been up too for the past 10 days.... oh goodness, I can only image what Im going home too since the 3 boys and 2 dogs have been home alone without me....haha...

Anyhow, I wanted to be sure to make a note here because we moved into our new house just a  few weeks ago, we still do not have the internet and Im not sure when it will be hooked up...

I will post just as soon as I can....

Get healthy and be happy :)
Kel

Surgery was on Friday August 1st.... Surgeon said things went very smoothly. Woke up in some pain as to be expected but it was manageable with the meds. I chose not to have the morphine pump because for me I didnt want to be out of it.. I was afraid of blood clots and I wanted to start walking right away... which I did. Everything was going good, plan was to come home on Sunday but that morning I had an urge for BM and it turned out to be blood... It is rare but it can happen... the doctor thinks one of the sutures where they reconnected the intestines was bleeding...the only way to find out for sure would be to send a scope down my throat into that raw area to look for it. He said that can be a dangerous procedure and would only do that if the bleeding didnt stop in which he said most times it does stop on its own. I ended up having 4 bloody BMs that day and my blood levels did come down into dangerous levels... I ended up getting 4 units of blood sunday night into monday morning... from then on my blood level was at a stand still so they kept me in the hospital to monitor me. all my vitals and my pain level were   good through-out my stay.. I did get a little weak before the transfusion but of course thats what happens :) I went into this knowing that there can be complications so I tryed to stay positive and focused on resolving the problem and moving on :) ALL the nurse's at St B's were Excellent !! ( besides being sooo rude and waking me up so much for vitals and meds and such during the night ;)~ , haha )
Ok.. get this... to me, this is crazzy !!  day of surgery :309lbs
                                                                  tuesday am = 322 lbs  (swelled)
 tuesday night, they gave me lasix and ultrasound of legs for clots
                                                                 Wednesday am = 295lbs
thats - 27lbs in one day from fluids....nuts, huh ? 

I came home wednesday at noon, Im staying with my mom for a few days.....so far so good....... I feel a little weak, but OMG I finanally slept SOO good last night and today Im starting my protein and watching my liquid intake..

There is a possibility of the bleeding to start again, so I am taking it real slow and trying to take extra good care of myself. ..
Usually    Dr Krahn puts his patients on pureed foods before leaving the hospital but because of my problem I am on liquids only until my appt on tuesday. and Im ok with that  :) not hungry at all ...

I have to do blood work monday and back to doctor on Tuesday for check up...

and OMG ...is this G-tube crazy or what ?? thought it would gross me out but it's kinda cool how it all works....haha..

Thanks again everyone for all the wonderful messages when I returned :)
It really helped boost my spirits knowing that you all were thinking about me...

and for those of you out there that haven't had the procedure yet ... It is important that we all know about the complications that can happen but please don't let this deter you, because these kinda of things are rare...
at this point I still do not have any regrets :)

hugs and kisses.....

Hello everyone...
Just wanted to post a little something saying that we are moving this weekend so I won't have access to the internet for a bit... Not sure when we will get the chance to get it all hooked up at the new place....

My surgery is still scheduled for  Friday August 1st at St Bernadines in San Bernardino. If everything goes as planned, I should go home sunday or monday... But I will be going to my wonderful mothers house for a week or so for recovery... I will try to get on her computer and post as I can...

Thank you all for your support !~!
I wish the best &  a quick recovery for those that are having surgery soon too.. sorry if I dont send you'all a private message... I promise you will all be in my prayers....

BIG HUgsssss...

August 1st .... that's only two weeks from today :)