Goals While In the Hospital

Some goals that the doctors set for you in the hospital are listed below.  When you first come out of the surgery you will not want to do this because you will still be drowsy, but as soon as you can you want to start doing this, as the sooner you get it done the sooner you will get to go home.  I am sure these goals are different for each doctor, but to me they seemed like very achievable goals and goals that helped me prove to myself I could take care of myself; they are as follows:

·         Walk as much as you can.  As soon as you wake up enough to walk around, the doctors want you to walk as much as you can; this is for your own good.  The main thing it does it keeps your body from producing clots, therefore preventing you from having a pulmonary embolism. This also helps with blood flow and recovery.

·         Intake fluids.  My doctor set a goal for me to intake 60cc of fluid each hour I was awake.  This consisted of 30cc of protein and 30cc of water; each 15cc should take you about 15 mins to take in.  15cc is equal to about one medicine cup of fluid.  To an everyday person this seems so miniscule, but after the surgery you will have to concentrate hard to work on this as your body is still swollen on the inside and this will take some time to work up to.

·         Work on passing fluids through your body.  During your stay the hospital will load you up on fluids, the main goal I think is to keep you hydrated, but also to make sure your body is still able to pass fluids through its system.

These are the main goals the doctors set for me, and sure enough once I meet them I was able to go home!!!!

 

Look out for pictures of my operation and before pictures to come soon.  I will also be posting a video of the operation I had!