Thinking of you and sending prayers your way.

I'm home.  Surgery was 4 hours.  He did what's called a tendon turn down, plus added the tendon from the tissue bank.  There's a splint on my arm, as well as a drain and it's in a sling.  Very little pain right now, but then, I took a pain pill as soon as I got home.  I will take them as prescribed and stay ahead of the pain.The trip down to the hospital was treacherous, lots of vehicles in ditches, mostly from last night, although there were a few people who pushed the envelope and got the losing ticket.  We got there with time to spare, got checked in, and they called me back in about 5 minutes.  Everyone was very good and super nice.  I don't even remember the nerve block injection.  I do remember talking with the OR staff who remembered me from last Saturday - I hope nothing bad!  After about 12 - 15 deep inhalations of the gas, I don't remember anything until they woke me up, got me dressed, and out to the pickup area.  I'll be sleeping in the recliner again, since it's visible through the front window and my neighbor can look in and check on me.  If he needs to get into the house, he has my garage door combination.  I've had something to eat, and I have plenty of food in the house.
Now, if the cats won't crawl over my arm, I'll be satisfied for now.
 

Last edited by joekc6nlx (2/06/2022 7:59 pm)

Your post-op plan for the barkalounger sounds good.

Toes crossed everything goes well this time arounds.
Very glad to read that you have someone to check that you are okay.

The hospital where the surgery was performed has a fairly robust network.  They allow the patient to access their medical records online, adhering to HIPAA regulations, of course.  I just looked up the surgeon's notes on this second surgery, the repair of the tendon. Star-ji, you might understand it, I understand about 60% of it, and only because the surgeon explained the procedure to me ahead of time.  It's one reason why I consider him to be so good.
I believe that if I do what they want me to do post-op, I have a very good chance of this being successful. (The fact that this tendon was donated from a cadaver doesn't make me feel uncomfortable, I don't have a sudden urge to eat brains..<g>)  I emptied the drain this afternoon, so far 75cc of fluid drained. 
I've been sticking to the pain medication schedule and staying ahead of the pain, and it's made this much more tolerable.  Sleep has been easier, too.  (Except Cindy, my calico, managed to destroy the internal heating wires of my mattress pad last night, so that only one side works. I have a queen-sized bed.) Well, at least she wasn't hurt by it.  I ordered another mattress pad today.
I have Occupational Therapy on Wednesday afternoon.