Yesterday Dr. Fatima said that Dr. Farnell had given orders for the NG tube to be removed. His idea was that, despite the presence of lots of stomach acid, my body must learn to deal with it. The first few hours were great--no proboscis dangling in front of my face. Plarent and I walked to several key sites in the hospital, including a meditation room and the patient library.
About 3 p.m., however, I began to have some nausea; by 5:00 it was horrible. I was in misery the rest of the evening and most of today. At 2 p.m. today I was taken to have another CT scan to determine if I had a leak from my pancreas. If so, a drain would have to be installed. Fortunately there was no leak, so no drain. Dr. Fatima reinstated another NG tube, which has completely aleviated the nausea. I look forward to some sleep this evening.
Despite some bowel activity, they are still waiting for more consistent signs that my bowel function has returned. Perhaps I will be eating by the weekend.
Today marks the end of the second week since my surgery.
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Ed,
ReplyDeleteI wish things were going better for you. I am thinking of you and wishing you a speedy recovery! It's nice to read your blog and know how you are - thanks for doing this!
All the best, Karen