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Hospital Stay

Although the requests for more information and more blogs came unexpected, I do like the attention - so I wanted to give a quick recount of post surgery hospital stay.
Instead of going through each day, I think it would be easier to summarize the week into a single, long-day.

Each morning came with extra pain pills and morphine shots, followed by a walk around the halls. Walking was slow, hunched over manner with one hand on the IV machine and the other trying my best to cover the damn patient gown, but at least I didn't put it on backwards.....

After the walk I would refuse breakfast/lunch (resulting in a 10 pound weight lose at the end of the week). Every three hours a tech would come in to check blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature. This happened every three hours, which was less cubersome during the day but became annoying during the night, not counting the 4:00 am blood sample visits. Not all memories are unpleasant, however, as I recall a morphine-induced ralization that my bed transformed and expanded wings, becoming a WWII P-51 mustang plane, as I was shooting down Japanese zeros over the pacific.

In conclusion? The hospital isnt as fun as it appears, plus I've yet to see a bill for this unexpected vacation. Next time I'm going to see Dr. Nick Riviera...the B is for Bargain!



The total recovery week for a ruptured appendix is 6-7 weeks, and Im happy to say I only have one more week left of slow movement and can return to hiking and winning at tennis as early as next weekend! To recovery!

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