Guess Doctors know best

Well, I have had an interesting couple of days.  I began to not feel well Friday just overall not feeling well (couldnt put my finger on it) and because I don't listen and tend to do more than I should I was beginning to get sick.  Then I spent Monday night in the ER in Riverside because my incision had opened up and I am infected in 2 spots with leakage coming from another, and fluid build up on the other side.  Basically not good.  I was put on an IV antibiotic while in the hospital and was given some pain meds because I was in an incredible amount of pain.  They did a CT scan to make sure there was not an abscess under the incision (there is not).  After a bunch of lab tests and the CT scan came back I was sent home and told to follow up with my surgeon.  We were told to do a peroxide bath once a day, gave me Keflex antibiotic, and strong pain meds again as the vicodin I was taking was not affecting the pain at all. 
I slept most of yesterday but am a bit dehydrated so I am trying to pump fluids but I am having a hard time drinking. 
 
I will be doing absolutely nothing for the next few days so hopefully I will be healed as we get set to move next week.  Keep us in your thoughts & prayers as things are coming down to wire for us.  The kids are off at a friends house for a while and I am under strict orders to heal.  So I guess since my kiddos are being taken care of else where I will have nothing keeping me from taking care of me I will do just that.  I will keep you up to date as I heal and move. 

Awww Loni, I'm so sorry. Hope you feel better soon. Get lots of rest and get your water in. Take care hun.

Feel better soon!  If you feel dehydrated, go back to emergency and get more fluids via IV.  You need to take care of you, for sure!

Hugs,
---jan---

You should ask them for those pain patches.  U get constant relief unstead of up and down with pills.

Take good care,  Diane

Lori I am not trying to be a mean to you, but you have to listen to your doctor when he says that you need to take it easy and not do much. Your body has to heal. Other people around here did too much too soon after reconstructive surgery and had their incisions split open and run into trouble. Another thing is that our skin after living our lives obese like we have does not have the healing power as if it was young great skin.

I am not talking out of my ass either Lori because I am a veteran of major reconstructive surgery. There is no one I know on this board who has gone through the hours of surgery that I have. I did what I was told and I ran into no complications because of it. The only place I had a hard time with is the place in my groin in one area connecting to my lower abdomin which never got infected and closed nicely with peroxide soakings and a bit of packing. I did not get up and do things around the house. I did not even think about wanting to have extra curricular activities....I just wanted to heal the best I could in the least amount of time and that requires following the doctors orders.

And moving Lori...let others do it for you...sit there and bark out orders or whatever you have to do....let them do it....you are only going to impede your healing more if you get up and do things.

You chose to have this surgery....medical or not...anyway you put...it was elective and it should be treated like gold because there are a lot of people out there who cannot have reconstructive surgery who want it. Take care of yourself and stop the crazy super woman stuff....it is only go against you.

Again like I said, I am not trying to be mean....just realistic and hopefully give you a reality check of the seriousness of your health and healing!  

I never could think that you are being mean.  I honestly sometimes need a swift kick in the butt.  Sometimes I still have the mentality that I am a single mom and have to take care of everything, but God has now blessed me with a wonderful man who has me chained to an anchor ...lol.  I haven't done anything but sleep and work on my laptop in my recliner.  Its not just me trying to be super woman, but trusting that the man God gave me is going to take care of me.

Thanks for the butt kicking and I will sit and do nuttin I promise

So sorry you are hurting and have had a rough go of it!!!
My first hernia came from moving 2 days after my youngest daughter was born and doing a lot of lifting.
In 15 years I have watched those hernias grow and am now  facing my 3rd hernia repair. NOT FUN STUFF!!!!!
PLEASE don't be lifting and doing things you shouldn't. If people want to hate you for being JUST THE SUPERVISOR, so be it, but you need to do NOTHING like the doctor says!!!
Enjoy the rest so you can enjoy your new body!!!
bigg huggs, Becky