Recent RNYers- 1 night or 2 night hospital stay?
I had surgery weds and was discharged Thursday. One man in my ward had been there two nights due to his weight and age. They wanted to monitor him a bit more.
HW:398 SW:360 CW:347
rny March 2nd 2016 Dr Lindsay.
RNY - standard is usually 2 days. For me specifically - my surgery started at 8am and by 8pm I still had not peed. They ultrasounded my bladder, which was empty and they really pushed the IV saline. 10pm I peed. (I feel I was dehydrated at beginning of surgery).
RNY is a longer surgery - 2 hours vs 45 min for the sleeve. Longer surgery, longer to get over anesthesia. I was not fucntioning well - congrats to any RNY patients that got out the next day. There are also things that you must do before they can discharge you - peeing post-op is one of them. You can also talk to your dr about discharge criteria.
Sharon