Bill was pretty sick after surgery, first he knew he wasn't going to be able to breathe out of his nose, but he vomitted alot of blood and was especially nauseated after he was given the Lortab. He was in recovery for 3-4 hours before he could come home. Right after surgery his blood pressure was really high 194/85. So they gave him Labaetolol and hydralazine to lower it, he came down to 114/70 and stayed there throughout recovery. I think the anti-emetics helped not to stress him so much. They kept changing his nose dressing, it kept bleeding. He tried to keep fluids down but couldn't. Finally when he was stable around 3pm they let me take him home. While he was in recovery I went and got his prescriptions filled. When we got home he sat up in the recliner to sleep at night because the packing in his nose is tight and he felt like he had alot of pressure like a sinus headache. He is now doing better and gets his packing taking out on Dec 31,2010 at 9 a.m. He is so excited. After I got Bill home, I checked in with Landon and he was doing ok, so I had to go back to the pharmacy and get his prescriptions filled out and then come back. When I got home I made homemade chicken noodle soup with homemade noodles. By the end of the day I was beat. It was the first day since I had been home from the hospital where I did alot of running around. It kinda got to me, so I was able to rest up that night and take it easy in the following days. We are all getting better and taking one day at a time. But it has truly been CRAZY for all of us.
12/30/2010
Bill in Phase 2 recovery
Bill was pretty sick after surgery, first he knew he wasn't going to be able to breathe out of his nose, but he vomitted alot of blood and was especially nauseated after he was given the Lortab. He was in recovery for 3-4 hours before he could come home. Right after surgery his blood pressure was really high 194/85. So they gave him Labaetolol and hydralazine to lower it, he came down to 114/70 and stayed there throughout recovery. I think the anti-emetics helped not to stress him so much. They kept changing his nose dressing, it kept bleeding. He tried to keep fluids down but couldn't. Finally when he was stable around 3pm they let me take him home. While he was in recovery I went and got his prescriptions filled. When we got home he sat up in the recliner to sleep at night because the packing in his nose is tight and he felt like he had alot of pressure like a sinus headache. He is now doing better and gets his packing taking out on Dec 31,2010 at 9 a.m. He is so excited. After I got Bill home, I checked in with Landon and he was doing ok, so I had to go back to the pharmacy and get his prescriptions filled out and then come back. When I got home I made homemade chicken noodle soup with homemade noodles. By the end of the day I was beat. It was the first day since I had been home from the hospital where I did alot of running around. It kinda got to me, so I was able to rest up that night and take it easy in the following days. We are all getting better and taking one day at a time. But it has truly been CRAZY for all of us.
