After a traumatic 6 weeks W has finally being discharged from hospital.
W was originally discharged on Monday 7th December, I felt that he was not well enough but I supported him like a mum would. I arranged time off work and so did S his girlfriend, he was in a terrible mess, pain and emotionally. The pain was becoming worse in his back and I was having to pad him with pillows so he could have some sleep. On the Saturday he was passing out with the pain and his breathing had become very shallow, early evening his temperature was through the roof and he was trembling, his eyes were wide open and he appeared very scared. I rang the hospital and I drove him straight there. An X ray was taken and he had a litre and a half of fluid on his lung causing it to collapse. He was put on a drip and on strong painkillers. The next day he was taken to have a drain put into the lung. After 12 days he was allowed home, so far so good. There is still a collection of fluid on the lung, he will have to have regular X rays until it has cleared.
Just need to fatten him up now as he has lost nearly 3 stone!
The actual gender reassignment is a breeze compared to the secondary effects he has of surgery, poor kid he has it tough, now to get over the next 6 months and he can have the stoma reversed.
Merry Christmas to you all and a very happy 2016 xx
Wednesday, 23 December 2015
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
(109) Major blip...
Can't believe what has happened!
Couple of weeks ago W was up in the night vomiting. 30 odd hours later after continuous vomiting and excruciating stomach pains he was admitted to hospital.
After lots of prodding off various nurses and doctors, he was given a morphine drip to enable him to lie down so he could have a CT scan. A couple of hours later, devastating news, W had a blockage in the bowel and seepage, they were uncertain to what extent until they opened him up.
Emergency surgery in the night. They had to remove 6cm of his bowel and put a stoma in!!
The bowel had attached itself to the scarring of the hysterectomy and twisted, the bowel had been starved of oxygen and died therefore creating the blockage and had to be removed. The stoma is temporary, but W is devastated, I think he has been through every emotion possible.
6 days in critical care, 5 days in special care, W was moved on to a normal ward last night, he's the youngest one there. Can't wait for him to come home.
Another set back to the planned operation just before Christmas, so close yet so far to reaching the end of his surgery!
Couple of weeks ago W was up in the night vomiting. 30 odd hours later after continuous vomiting and excruciating stomach pains he was admitted to hospital.
After lots of prodding off various nurses and doctors, he was given a morphine drip to enable him to lie down so he could have a CT scan. A couple of hours later, devastating news, W had a blockage in the bowel and seepage, they were uncertain to what extent until they opened him up.
Emergency surgery in the night. They had to remove 6cm of his bowel and put a stoma in!!
The bowel had attached itself to the scarring of the hysterectomy and twisted, the bowel had been starved of oxygen and died therefore creating the blockage and had to be removed. The stoma is temporary, but W is devastated, I think he has been through every emotion possible.
6 days in critical care, 5 days in special care, W was moved on to a normal ward last night, he's the youngest one there. Can't wait for him to come home.
Another set back to the planned operation just before Christmas, so close yet so far to reaching the end of his surgery!
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