Basically, the gas---the CO2 that was pumped into her intestinal cavity in order to make room for the laparoscopic surgery, is making itself known. Or, even normal intestinal gas, like we all experience every day, could cause this level of pain for someone who just had surgery. Think of babies and their sensitive guts---that's Jen right now.
There remains an outside chance that the problem is something more to do with the surgery itself, E.G. a ruptured staple in the bowl resection. But all indications are gas: she has no fever, the pain comes and goes and it moves around, and she doesn't feel "sick," just uncomfortable.
Yesterday--oh so long ago, Dr. Whiteford and his team had come by and he continued to be impressed by her relatively low pain levels and her all-around general perkiness (well...we are not surprised there, are we). He said she could possibly even be released today. Well, that idea is now nixed---maybe tomorrow, but we have to be certain that no more gas events, or any other pain on that level, will occur. It's nice to have an attentive nursing staff around for those events, let me tell you.
She is presently finishing her first-ever solid food breakfast while discussing with Nurse Ally the pressing issue of what happens when a knitter runs out of the yarn she is presently utilizing in her knitting project, and is then forced to add a completely new yarn.
More to come.
Oh Jen- you are such a good sport. Pretty sure if I were in your shoes I would not be as tolerant of all this photo taking. Of course, I probably would not look as good as you either. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteJen I had that gas from the surgery after my gallbladder it was so painful....hang in there kid you are doing fantastic....love you cuz! Deb
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