Hysterectomy Update Day 2

Well Day 2, the nurse woke me up at 4:50 am and told me that instead of taking the packing and catheter out at 6 am she was going to take it out at 5:30 am. Then I ended up dozing off and about 5:20 am, she came back in there and asked if I was ready, because she was going to go ahead and take my packing and catheter out. I was glad and leary at the same time, because all I could think about is how bad the packing had hurt when they took it out of my ankle when I had my ankle surgeries. So I am thinking of that pain, just in my who ha.

Well, the nurse pulled the catheter out first, that is where some of the cramping had ended up coming from, then the nurse asked me if I wanted to press the morphine button before she pulled the packing out, I went ahead and pressed it, because I was so scared that it would hurt so bad. She then asked if I was ready and I told her yes, she started pulling it out, and the more she pulled, the more the cramping went away, that was a major relief to me, I told her, that and the catheter was all of the bad cramping that I had had. The nurse said it seemed like the catheter might of irritated me and I told her no, it is because I had a bladder tack up as well, and she was like, oh, ok, well yeah that explained why they left the catheter in so long.

I feel so much better though. I have been passing gas and the nurses where already surprised that I was up and walking yesterday (because I felt like I had to poo). They were even more surprised today that shortly after they took my catheter out that I was using the bathroom. They put a little hat in the commode for me to pee in so they could count my output about like the bag of the catheter and each pee, I filled that thing up. Lol. They had me on fluids along with what I was already drinking. My doctor told me yesterday that I would probably be able to go home today since I have done great, but she was off this weekend and that another doctor (that was in my surgery with her) was going to come and talk to me and see how I was and stuff. He came in here and talked to me at noon and told me all looked well and I seemed to be doing great, I have walked around and moved about without little or no pain. All is doing good, and really no bleeding at all. I have been sent home with discharge papers, which I will update about later on. Time for me to rest.