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michaeldthomasIt feels good to be home.
Caitlin is doing great. She aced her surgery. It went super smooth. Just as important, though, she didn't experience a single complication. We had a little scare on Wednesday with some red splotching around her left hip incision, but it turned out to be just surgical bruising.
Caitlin also switched from the epidural to oral pain meds without a hitch. The only major issue of the week was her lack of peeing after the removal of the epidural. It came out Friday morning. Basically, the pee countdown started at 2 pm. We could have gone home as soon as she proved capable of doing it on her own. We thought this meant we would be out of there Friday evening. Then we waited. And waited. 8 1/2 hours later, the nurse prepped a new catheter to drain Cait so we could start over again. Finally, she peed before the nurse could act. By that point, though, it was too late to start the discharge process.
Everything went real smooth on Saturday until![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rarelylynne tried to start the car. Due to the overhead light being left on and the cold. the battery wasn't cooperating. We didn't cry. Security gave us a jump and all was right in the world again (the battery seems fine now). After laying Cait down in the backseat with a complicated harness system, we finally came home.
Caitlin is on less drugs, but she's still pretty out of it. She and Lynne are sleeping in this morning. Sleep is easier without roommates and nurses.
I want to thank all of you for the thoughts and prayers. Special shout outs go to my aunt and uncle,taraljc, and marydell for visiting us and bringing prezzies for Cait (and delicious food for us). Also, a special thanks to Sarah and David and scarlettgirl for the balloons and prezzies sent to the room. All of the love cheered us up.
Cait's follow up is a week from Monday. Until then, we're stuck in the house. As always, visitor are appreciated. :-)
Caitlin is doing great. She aced her surgery. It went super smooth. Just as important, though, she didn't experience a single complication. We had a little scare on Wednesday with some red splotching around her left hip incision, but it turned out to be just surgical bruising.
Caitlin also switched from the epidural to oral pain meds without a hitch. The only major issue of the week was her lack of peeing after the removal of the epidural. It came out Friday morning. Basically, the pee countdown started at 2 pm. We could have gone home as soon as she proved capable of doing it on her own. We thought this meant we would be out of there Friday evening. Then we waited. And waited. 8 1/2 hours later, the nurse prepped a new catheter to drain Cait so we could start over again. Finally, she peed before the nurse could act. By that point, though, it was too late to start the discharge process.
Everything went real smooth on Saturday until
rarelylynne tried to start the car. Due to the overhead light being left on and the cold. the battery wasn't cooperating. We didn't cry. Security gave us a jump and all was right in the world again (the battery seems fine now). After laying Cait down in the backseat with a complicated harness system, we finally came home.Caitlin is on less drugs, but she's still pretty out of it. She and Lynne are sleeping in this morning. Sleep is easier without roommates and nurses.
I want to thank all of you for the thoughts and prayers. Special shout outs go to my aunt and uncle,
taraljc, and marydell for visiting us and bringing prezzies for Cait (and delicious food for us). Also, a special thanks to Sarah and David and scarlettgirl for the balloons and prezzies sent to the room. All of the love cheered us up.Cait's follow up is a week from Monday. Until then, we're stuck in the house. As always, visitor are appreciated. :-)
