Day 4 Recovery

Sunday Day 4

I had a better night’s sleep last night and was woken up by the nurse at 6.30 am for blood pressure and temperature readings. Temperature was fine but blood pressure was a bit high.  I put this down to being woken up from a lovely sleep at 6.30 in the morning. I had some pain around the wound and pain in my right leg when I woke up but after adjusting my position and taking my medicine was able to alleviate this. After breakfast I asked my wife to take me downstairs so I could potter around and get some sun. This was lovely and although I was only out for 10 minutes it made me feel better. After lunch I came over exhausted. I had to go back to bed and sleep for an hour. I wasn’t sure if this was medication or because I had been for a walk but I listened to my body and felt fine after the nap. The rest of the afternoon was spent pottering about and relaxing. Dr Ekpatipan came at around 5pm to check the wound and blood drainage bags. He decided that it would be fine to remove the drains and redress the wound. This stung a bit but didn’t hurt as much as I expected it too. It was also the first opportunity for me to see the wound as my wife took a picture. I have a wound about 12 inches long containing 34 staples sealing the wound. The doctor finished up and said he’d be back tomorrow to ascertain whether I could be discharged. I spent the evening in much more comfort as I no longer had any drainage bags attached to my back. I had dinner, watched a bit of TV and relaxed. My wife and daughter surprised me with a cake for my birthday. Not a great place to spend a birthday but never mind. The cake was too much for three people so we shared it with the nurses in the nurses station. All of them to a person have been fantastic.