On Friday I had a rough day, culminating in throwing up everything I had eaten that day including the most recent round of medication. Still, I had a good night’s sleep and felt a whole lot better so I thought we were on the mend.
But no. At morning tea, just as I finished a lovely cuppa and was halfway through a rich square of brownie I was informed I would have to go nil by mouth for 24 hours due to the vomiting. Not so much as a sip of water.
Meanwhile we tried again with the change of pain relief, which has gone undoubtedly better than it did on Friday but is still markedly less relieving than the previous drugs which were awesome. (and likely highly addictive so I don’t get to have them back)
So last night was uncomfortable and then to cap it off this morning I threw up again.
Great.
There was a high risk this would lead to tubes in my nose but my surgeon is happy to give me another 24 hours first, based on blood tests and other results, and on top of that I’m now allowed sips of water. Yay!
All of which means that it will now be Wednesday at the earliest before they let me go home, and only if I stop emptying my stomach and am able to come off the drip pain meds.
So much for 3-5 days, but I’m being looked after.
In other completely random news, I could hear car engines rumbling on the road below and curiosity finally bit so I looked… and saw several hundred million dollars worth of cars creeping between the hospital buildings. I only thought to record just as a nurse came in wanting my attention but apparently it’s a Ferrari owners event for gut cancer. Who knew? https://www.ferrari.org.nz/event/gut-cancer-charity-car-show-at-new-world-kumeu/
The things one sees!
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