Back Home from the Hospital (RNY on Mar 13)

Well, I got released this morning from the hospital. I slept a lot the day of my surgery except at night. The nurses and technicians came into my room approximately every hour to either give me a blood thinner shot in my belly, shot in my PICC Line (central IV line in my upper left arm), change the IV solution bags, take my temp, take my pulse, or take my blood pressure. Goodness, the sure do work 'round the clock! The next two days, I slept and walked and slept. I began watching TV on the 15th. I was suppose to be released yesterday evening, but my phosphorus level was too low. I had to have 2 more IV bags (6 hours each) before my labs came back okay. So, I was released this morning at 10:30. I am sooooo glad to be out of there!!!! I didn't realize that one No Sugar-Added Fudge Sicle was too much to eat all at one time! But, now I know!! So, now I need to concentrate on getting my liquids in! Sue

Well I am happy for you and your recovery. I am laughing to myself about the fudge sicle because I always laugh at the back of the box that says, serving size =1. This is truly something I will have to work on.

Hi sue,, i am having lap rny on the 19th.. i noticed that you had a picc line. I have had to have a few of those due to bad vains.. it is possible that they might put one in for the surgery..

You might want to check with your surgeon. My surgeon uses a PICC line for every patient. I had to go to the hospital the day before my surgery to have the PICC line inserted by the Radiological IV team. I wish they would have inserted it the day of surgery after putting a regular IV in me to knock me out. But who knows, your hospital may do that, but only your surgeon can tell you for sure. Good luck with your surgery on Monday!!! Sue

Highly recommend a pic line!!! I just got home from the hospital today, and I sure wished they had just installed a pic line for me. Evidently, it is a little practiced fact for obesity doctors to require a pic line be put in. I would definately request this to be done, as I had to have my IV infultrate (when your hand/arm gets all swolen up and must be repoked) 2-3 times while I was in the hospital. It was rare for them to find a vein on the first poke, and I considered myself to have good veins BEFORE the surgery process.