spacekatgal - Surgery Update!

Hey all! I know that Frank's been updating LJ on my surgery frequently, but I'm feeling pretty coherent today, and wanted to tell you how I'm doing in my own words.

I've just suffered the worst 3 days of my life recuperating from this radical surgery to correct a long-standing birth defect to my urinary tract. I imagined that the pain would be a 7 out of 10, but it's definitely been a 10 out of 10. It's been constant stabbing pain all through my pelvic structure all day long for days now. There's been persistent 101 degree fever, but that seems to have broken for good now.

The biggest worry has been the non-stop bleeding - every time I moved I could feel it dripping out of my body. It's been hard to move my body enough to let the nurses change the sheets and bandages so frequently, but I got through it. Yesterday, the doctor came and gave me seven more stitches there, which was very painful but did finally stop the bleeding. Today, they should finally let me out of bed to try to walk and take a shower.

The painkillers are frustrating. On one hand, I definitely need them to heal. On the other, I am so frustrated with my head spinning and falling asleep every few minutes. For now I'm going to continue taking them at the maximum dosage.

I really can't thank everyone enough for the nice comments over the last few days. For all day Wednesday, all I had the strength to do was read comments and emails from friends through the fog. They really helped keep me in good spirits.

I thank you for your continued support!
Brianna