Tag: poop

May 1, 2018

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I pooped today. Which is great! I also sat in my room’s chair.

I’m not allowed to shower, so my hygiene isn’t that great. The nurse washed my hair with dry shampoo and water. Then the nurse wiped me down with sanitary wipes.

My chest tubes were removed today. The nurses first removed the tape, which they said was “the most annoying part since there’s a lot of them.” Removing the tape doesn’t hurt, but it does create anticipation. After the tape was removed, they yanked the tubes out. It shouldn’t be done slowly, because that creates way more pain.

They covered the holes with some gauze pads and tape.

May 2, 2018

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Okay, so the chair is now where I mainly sit. I don’t want to lay on bed all day because of my hot and cold sensations. If I lay on the bed, I instantly become extremely hot and start sweating.

I have physical therapy every day now. Physical therapy makes me walk a loop around the ICU 3 times a day. It’s hard because my new heart is still adjusting to my body.

My heart pounding just goes crazy when I stand up. At least I don’t hear it always. Before every hour, minute, and second it would go THUMP THUMP THUMP.

When I walk, I have to wear a mask. I can’t get any infections right now. The mask makes breathing harder than it should be.

I don’t poop out much now. The doctors said I had to poop, so they got some guy to massage my butt so I could poop. It didn’t work.

May 3, 2018

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Yesterday I didn’t poop. They even had some guy massage my butt. Today they placed me on diuretics. I pooped.

My Dad also visited me today, so my Mom went home. We walked around the ICU. For physical therapy I’m supposed to walk a loop around the ICU 3 times a day.

My heart pounding goes crazy whenever I walk. The reason I’m doing physical therapy is to raise the bar for my endurance. Everyday I’m pushing my endurance levels so I can recover faster.