There For I Have Awakend

                "  I am afraid that the easiest way to get this tube out, is just to pull it out."                                             When I came out of surgery I had dressing on my stomach wound and dressing on the holes where they place the JP drain.  The Jackson-Pratt drain is used to collect all the reminisce of all the fluids and infections left over from surgery. The CNAs would measure the fluid in the JP drain twice a day. They want to know your output because they need to know if the infection is coming out. You don't want the fluid collecting. You risk infections and blood issues.                       I remember when I first noticed I had the drains. I didn't understand it but I knew I was afraid the drains would be pulled out. Everything at ...

                           Later that day I was told that I could get my catheter out. I was so beyond excited. A big reason why I wanted it out was because I had started my period. There was nothing comfortable about laying back in my bed. I hadn't known I started at this point. I was still on bed rest so I wasn't getting up. As females have their periods, some females may not. I happened to have my period be extremely inconsistent. Some months I would shed my lining. Others I did not. All I do know is if you are a female you get a double whammy. I would say that every month I become extremely flared up while having my monthly. So lucky me, I had to start at the hospital. That is probably why I had such bad cramps that day. I had sworn it was my ovary, but it wasn't. Or it was a little bit of ovary pain. They were quite worried about me. and the blood was coming out me black.        ...