most of you no i had my postioer spinal fusion on march 10 2010
I'm fused from T4 to L2. I went to the hospital at 6:30 A.M
We check in at the nurses desk in Preop holding. After i was waiting for my name to be called. I was feeling scared but ready after 5 years of having scoliosis i was going to have surgery to fix it. My name was called Kara . It was my preop holding nurse. We followed her to my preop holding room. In my preop holding room i had to change in to a hospital gown. I had to take of all my closets. Then i got two id bracelets. after a while my OR nurse came to get me. I went to the 2nd floor which where the ORS are. I saw my surgeon right before my surgery. He placed his hands on my feet to let me no i was i'm good hands.
after 8 hours in the OR i came out with 2 rods, 5 hooks and 10 scwres
he used my bone and donor bone.
march 11 2010 I was in the ICU on the 5 floor of the hospital. march 12 2010 I was still in the ICU. March 13 2010 I was moved from the ICU to the Orthopedic unit. march 14 2010 i walked with PT and did orther things with OT i also went for x-rays. March 15 2010 just walked with PT and did the same things with OT. March 16 2010 I walked for the last time with PT went down to x-ray. after i had my x-rays i had really food for the 1st time shine my spinal fusion. I also saw Dr Gupta for the 1st time shince my surgery. after 7 days in the hospital i went home to recover on my bed it was moved in to the liveing room.
Now i'm going on 7 months postop
I'm fused from T4 to L2. I went to the hospital at 6:30 A.M
We check in at the nurses desk in Preop holding. After i was waiting for my name to be called. I was feeling scared but ready after 5 years of having scoliosis i was going to have surgery to fix it. My name was called Kara . It was my preop holding nurse. We followed her to my preop holding room. In my preop holding room i had to change in to a hospital gown. I had to take of all my closets. Then i got two id bracelets. after a while my OR nurse came to get me. I went to the 2nd floor which where the ORS are. I saw my surgeon right before my surgery. He placed his hands on my feet to let me no i was i'm good hands.
after 8 hours in the OR i came out with 2 rods, 5 hooks and 10 scwres
he used my bone and donor bone.
march 11 2010 I was in the ICU on the 5 floor of the hospital. march 12 2010 I was still in the ICU. March 13 2010 I was moved from the ICU to the Orthopedic unit. march 14 2010 i walked with PT and did orther things with OT i also went for x-rays. March 15 2010 just walked with PT and did the same things with OT. March 16 2010 I walked for the last time with PT went down to x-ray. after i had my x-rays i had really food for the 1st time shine my spinal fusion. I also saw Dr Gupta for the 1st time shince my surgery. after 7 days in the hospital i went home to recover on my bed it was moved in to the liveing room.
Now i'm going on 7 months postop
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