Thursday, March 28, 2013
Back to School
This Tuesday, three weeks after surgery, I returned to school. I am returning home this weekend as I am not fully independent yet and it is Easter weekend. Next Tuesday, I should be able to take off my brace, allowing me to be more independent, this way, I will not have to go home Friday-Mondays. I hope to be caught up with all of my school work by next week.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Doing Well
Everything is going really well. I was only on narcotics for 4.5 days, which for this surgery is really great. I got my staples out Monday (I had 30) and was able to start very light PT Tuesday (the staples came out a little early, so we had to wait another day to make sure everything was good to go). Tuesday I was also allowed to shower for the first time after surgery. It was a very long wait and I was very excited to be able to. Now it's just a lot of sitting around and waiting until I can actually do stuff, which can get incredibly boring. There is definitely a time where watching TV is no longer entertaining no matter what you're watching, but school starts back up soon, so I should have something to do once that happens. At the moment we are trying to see if I can start going back part-time, but we have a little more planning to do for that to take place.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Days 1-4
Day 1 - Surgery
Arrived at the out patient surgery clinic at 6:30 and got prepped for surgery.In surgery, they tightened my AC Joint and removed a bursa from the joint as well. They also cleaned up a lot of scar tissue on and around my shoulder blade, which seemed to be what was causing it to get stuck. They removed scar tissue from my rhomboids lower trapezius and reattached them in a better position on the shoulder blade. they also found some active bleeding in my shoulder. Waking up after surgery I was very uncomfortable, but once I was on a good schedule with my drugs, I did much better. I remember talking to a few friends and my sister coming back with her ears pierced, otherwise, I don't remember too much from that day.
Day 2
Wednesday, I just hung out watching TV and doing a lot of sleeping. This was the first day I really began to feel my incisions, which was not easy at first, and meant a lot of resting. we tried to regulate my medicine schedule a little more by waiting to take some of the meds, but the plan back fired.
Day 3
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Thursday, we went for a follow up with the doctor, to overview what is to go on within the next month or two. They also removed a pump that was pumping numbing medicine in to the incision on my back. When they did this, they had to remove the dressing on my AC Joint incision, so I got a look and picture of that (don't worry, I probably wont post it). After the appointment my mom and I started driving (my dad and sisters took a plane home) and made it to Allentown, PA without many problems.
Day 4
Friday we drove from Allentown all the way back to VT. Arrived home at about 4:30 pm. Relaxed and ate dinner. Record awake time (around 5 hours).
As of now I am only allowed on the computer for 10 minutes an hour and am supposed to avoid any repetitive motions with both hands (including texting). This means I can only talk on the phone if I want to communicate for long periods of time and that texting/updates take a really long time to type. Talking on the phone also has been difficult as it is hard to stay awake that long, soon I hope to be good to go as far as calling/Skyping goes but don't worry if I don't respond immediately. I do still need help changing among other things, but that may still be the case until I am allowed out of the sling in April. Waking up to take meds it also an annoyance, but hopefully I won't need to do that much longer.
Arrived at the out patient surgery clinic at 6:30 and got prepped for surgery.In surgery, they tightened my AC Joint and removed a bursa from the joint as well. They also cleaned up a lot of scar tissue on and around my shoulder blade, which seemed to be what was causing it to get stuck. They removed scar tissue from my rhomboids lower trapezius and reattached them in a better position on the shoulder blade. they also found some active bleeding in my shoulder. Waking up after surgery I was very uncomfortable, but once I was on a good schedule with my drugs, I did much better. I remember talking to a few friends and my sister coming back with her ears pierced, otherwise, I don't remember too much from that day.
Day 2
Wednesday, I just hung out watching TV and doing a lot of sleeping. This was the first day I really began to feel my incisions, which was not easy at first, and meant a lot of resting. we tried to regulate my medicine schedule a little more by waiting to take some of the meds, but the plan back fired.
Day 3
Thursday, we went for a follow up with the doctor, to overview what is to go on within the next month or two. They also removed a pump that was pumping numbing medicine in to the incision on my back. When they did this, they had to remove the dressing on my AC Joint incision, so I got a look and picture of that (don't worry, I probably wont post it). After the appointment my mom and I started driving (my dad and sisters took a plane home) and made it to Allentown, PA without many problems.Day 4
Friday we drove from Allentown all the way back to VT. Arrived home at about 4:30 pm. Relaxed and ate dinner. Record awake time (around 5 hours).
As of now I am only allowed on the computer for 10 minutes an hour and am supposed to avoid any repetitive motions with both hands (including texting). This means I can only talk on the phone if I want to communicate for long periods of time and that texting/updates take a really long time to type. Talking on the phone also has been difficult as it is hard to stay awake that long, soon I hope to be good to go as far as calling/Skyping goes but don't worry if I don't respond immediately. I do still need help changing among other things, but that may still be the case until I am allowed out of the sling in April. Waking up to take meds it also an annoyance, but hopefully I won't need to do that much longer.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Elizabeth Out of Surgery
Elizabeth is out of surgery. All went well. She had her AC joint repaired and the muscles to her scapula detached and reattached. She also had scar tissue on her scapula cleaned up. Now the recovery and rehab begin. I'm sure she will post more as soon as she feels up to it. In the meantime, thanks for all of your support.
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