Tara came home from the hospital yesterday after having her surgery on Monday. This is the first chance I've had to get on here for an update. Her surgery was on the long side at 9 1/2 hours. The reason being since she wants to go back to soccer he put in the most amount of screws possible and she had very small pedicles so they had to keep xraying often for exact placement. Secondly he used a different technique to acquire the grafting from her hip which uses a smaller incision and not having to cut as much muscle. It has to be mixed with some bone from the bone bank. Anyway, with all the prep work before surgery she was under anesthesia for 11 hours. So she had trouble waking up and she continued on a respirator for 9 hours after surgery. It totally freaked her out. Come to find out later, she thought something had gone wrong and when I tried to tell her the tube would come out right away, she thought we were just trying to protect her from the truth. That was the only time she was panicked during the whole presurgery and since surgery. The rest is pretty much how everyone desribes it. Passed out the 2nd and pretty much the 3rd day, then a little better every day. It was certainly gruelling not only for her, but for her dad and me as well. He was fortunate to be able to get away from work the whole week and we played tag team and stayed 1/2 way refreshed for her.
She is resting much more comfortably at home, but here's the next set of questions.
-How long now before she can comfortably sit in a chair without loading it up with pillows?
-What were some comfortable places your kids found to rest?
-Were your kids mostly laying with just a little sitting?
-What were some foods that sounded good in the beginning?
-were there a lot of sores around the incisions site...little scratches and little wounds? What are they from?
-was there a lot of swelling and will the back continue to move as the muscles all adjust?
-what are some mile-stones now that she is home? (some of you have said three weeks, but how about some shorter term ones?)
She is on oxycontin, 1 every 12 hours, slow release, and roxicet 7.5 mg every 4 hours. It seems to be working for the pain. She is on Merilax and to offset any constipation and Zantac for any stomach upset. So far, so good.
She goes to the bathroom by herself, goes up the stairs to her bedroom by herself, brushes her hair and teeth, washes her face, braids her hair. She walks out on the deck for maybe 5 minutes, or walks around inside the house. I think she's doing great, but on the 2nd and 3rd day, I couldn't have imagined that we would EVER be here in a week.
Linda
She is resting much more comfortably at home, but here's the next set of questions.
-How long now before she can comfortably sit in a chair without loading it up with pillows?
-What were some comfortable places your kids found to rest?
-Were your kids mostly laying with just a little sitting?
-What were some foods that sounded good in the beginning?
-were there a lot of sores around the incisions site...little scratches and little wounds? What are they from?
-was there a lot of swelling and will the back continue to move as the muscles all adjust?
-what are some mile-stones now that she is home? (some of you have said three weeks, but how about some shorter term ones?)
She is on oxycontin, 1 every 12 hours, slow release, and roxicet 7.5 mg every 4 hours. It seems to be working for the pain. She is on Merilax and to offset any constipation and Zantac for any stomach upset. So far, so good.
She goes to the bathroom by herself, goes up the stairs to her bedroom by herself, brushes her hair and teeth, washes her face, braids her hair. She walks out on the deck for maybe 5 minutes, or walks around inside the house. I think she's doing great, but on the 2nd and 3rd day, I couldn't have imagined that we would EVER be here in a week.
Linda
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