I'm glad I brought my earplugs! Wish I had remembered my eye shade.
In which a fifty'some year old woman gets a total knee replacement and shares the experience. I am hoping to make this a helpful blog for anyone out there who is having or thinking of having a knee replacement.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
New Knee Day 1: Sleep
Other than a wake up by the nurses every few hours it has been an ok night so far. My blood pressure was fairly low so they had to monitor it and up my IV input. Any pain has been managed by some OxyContin every few hours. When I am awakened I try to remember to move my extremities, keep that blood flow up! I have a catheter in which I was just told would come out at the 6:30AM visit so I'll be on my "own plumbing". My personal goal for the day is to be able to get up and move about more. Not sure if PT will agree or not. Having a few less attachments would be nice. Currently I have a drain on the knee, an IV, foley catheter & squeezey things on my legs.
Labels:
Knee Replacement
Location:
First Hill Seattle
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