I did get some decent sleep last night. I found nothing on TV and the leg was painful, so I needed some pain medication, so well before I would normally go to bed, I turned out the lights and drifted off to sleep.
A nurse woke me up between 11 PM and midnight. It was a the normal vital check and she let me know that they would be drawing blood at 3:00 AM!!!!!!!! No wonder the people in hospitals are so glad to be sent home.
Back to sleep. They waited until 4:30 AM for the vampires to descend upon the room. Then, one at a time, things began to be removed. The catheter ( I will miss that one), then the drain... glad it is gone but hate the process and then disconnected the IV. Setup remains in the back of my hand. Bathing from a small basin, getting out of the hospital gown and into some shorts.
Pancakes for breakfast....Yum!
Off to PT. OMG... such discomfort. Note I did not call it pain. I am sure that others would, but it is different from what I have dealt with for years. It is from muscles that have not been used properly for years. It is from places where my bone was cut for the new knee. It is not really the knee. Dr. Renz (the wonderful surgeon who did my knee) says that I need to concentrate on getting my knee straight so the muscles learn the new motion and get stretched out. Bending is important, too.
Back to my room. I drifted off a bit and woke up to find my brother walking into my room. He had taken his Mother-In-Law back to her home in Yardley and stopped by on his way home. He stayed for a bit. My lunch came (crab cake, veggies, lemonade, dinner roll....eat your hearts out) and then he hit the road and I got ready for round 2 of PT.
The checkups showed I was low in Magnesium and my blood pressure was low. I got a pneumonia vaccine, and all manner of other pills, an IV bag for the Magnesium and then off to PT. Much harder this time and with an IV next to me, hard to workout. Did the best and back to the room. Into bed and the next thing I knew the lady was here to do Reiki. It is an alternative healing type service. Lovely music, gentle touching, and the pain is greatly reduced. She leaves and I am back sleeping. Very nice and very relaxing.
Not bad for a hospital!!!
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