I just met with my surgeon and he informed me that my guts were a big mess... Apparently, I had an absyss in my small bowel as well as a fistula connecting my small bowel to the colon. So he removed about 12" of small bowel and 3" of colon total. With this information, I know that there wasn't enough medication in the world to make me better. The absyss would have needed surgical intervention regardless.
Last night was really rough with the pain as well as the incoherance from the anethesia, but once my PCA (pain pump) caught up with me, I've been feeling moderately better. It's been difficult to sleep since I can't really move around, but that should be improving throughout the day. They already want me to get out of bed today and I know that it gets a little easier each time. Still no predictions on when I will be released, but hopefully I will be able to progress my diet tomorrow.
Thank you everyone for all the thoughts and prayers. I am really lucky to have so much support among family and friends.
Love,
Jen
2 comments:
Hope you feel better soon, Jen.
Sounds like progress is coming!
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