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I can't imagine the sensations of standing and walking while pulling on those tummy stitches! Ugh!
SSS,
Okay some advice for your mother.
Holding a pillow or folded bath blanket against the belly helps. (It's called splinting.)
The more she walks the better off she is. Tell her to walk a little further each time. (Walking helps not only with getting the system started up but with the healing as well.)
The Catheter will make her feel like she has to urinate all the time. Don't worry about it.
Make sure the area around the catheter is thoroughly cleaned at least twice a day. Learn to do it if she is shy. Failure to do this cleaning can lead to a U.T.I.
Do not be afraid to use the Morphine. If she allows the pain to get too bad before using it then it will take more to knock it down.
There is no privacy in a hospital.
If she has questions then she needs to ask them. That is her right and her duty.
The gas will start with belly pain. (Gas bubble.) It will progress to burps then to farts.
Use the inspirometer. (If she doesn't have one ask for one.)
Then you can tell her it could be worse, she could have me taking care of her.
Cat
You want one?
I still have the artwork saved.
I printed it out on photo paper and hotglued it to a ball cap.
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Laughing -
It seems I didn't save the lettering but I do have the clip art.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b318/sweetsubsarahh/Fart.png
About 2 days, although it seemed much longer. Completely freaked out my mother. My brother, on the other hand, just rolled with it. He'd quietly reassure dad and run interference with the nurses dad managed to insult with accusations of being Nazis.How long did your dad have symptoms?
Okay, that makes me feel better.
My mother keeps telling the nurses they smell like onions.
My dad is trying to roll with it, but my sister is the stress queen, and she keeps comparing this to when our brother had dementia-type issues.![]()
I teach summer school in the morning but will spend the rest of the day at the hospital tomorrow so dad can get some sleep.
I wonder how much rum we currently have in the house.
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