#laproscopic

2025-01-18

Shortest hospital stay (two days, one night) ever for me. #appendicitis, while painful enough to present to the ER, wasn't as painful as any of my #pancreatitis bouts. I needed pain meds still, but after an initial push of #fentanyl in the ED to drop from 8/10 to 2/10 (seriously, fentanyl is amazing at taking the hammer to pain levels), #morphine was sufficient for managing the remaining pain as it flucuated around 4 or 5/10 (*and* I didn't need it 'round-the-clock, either). Thankfully, it was uncomplicated appendicitis. No rupture or abscesses. Removed with #laproscopic approach. I'm sore, but home. Won't be able to #doordash for a while, but i'll manage.

Me laying in a hospital bed on the first day after being admitted to a med surge floor. Still wearing my street clothes.Me laying in a hospital bed the next day, this time in a gown in a pre-op room, awaiting surgery.Me, back in my room, still in the gown, after a successful surgery to remove my appendix, laying in a hospital bed. My fist is raised in triumph.Me, back in street clothes, sitting on the hospital bed in my room shortly before discharge.

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