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Thank you, Ladies, for the dt&p. I'm getting better slowly (long post)

sundotsundot
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Hi, everyone. It's been a crazy four days. Last night I was getting really scared and really wanted to know that dust, thoughts, and prayers were being sent my way. I firmly believe in prayers and positive energy concerning all our friends here on the Bump/Nest. So, I just needed to know you were there...THANK YOU!!! (thank you noisemaker for making my request Smile

Many of you know that I had a breast lift and implants back on 12/28. My recovery was perfect my results were beautiful; breathtaking actually Embarrassed But Thursday this past week I had two incisions/sutures go bad. My surgeon was right on top of it and I had no worries. However, that evening while cooking dinner my shoulders were killing me--I just figured it was fatigue. Around 7:30 I got a sharp stabbing pain from my left shoulder blade through my breast. It was intermittant (sp?--too tired to look it up) so I simply hoped it would subside.

By 9:30 it was uber-painful to breathe. Short breaths were painful and deep breaths were excruciating. I called my surgeon directly--nice touch, right?--and he thought I was having a panic attack.Having never had a panic attack and recalling ALL.THE.TIMES. I yelled at my kids this past week I thought it didn't sound too far-fectched. So I did what he said and put a hot pad under my shoulders, relaxed, and tried to breathe easy. I was able to do what he said and fall asleep fairly quickly. As long as I didn't move I was fine. However I was up every 15 minutes because I would manage to take a deep breath and it was painful. When I woke up Friday morning I could barely move my left side without pain. I was surprised that an anxiety attack could last so long but I didn't know. Also, because of the small suture infections I was going to see my surgeon that Friday morning.

At his office they took my vitals and I had a slight fever and my bp was normal (100/60). I was completely weak and very much in pain and my surgeon was baffled. He ordered a chest x-ray from ARA and a lab panel for white cell count. After a long day of restless sleeping and unattended children coloring on walls Surprise, my chest x-ray was clear and my white count was 20k (normal white counts are 5-10k). At 5pm I was feeling a little better but my temp was 102.2. My surgeon called to check on me and when I told him about my fever he ordered me to NAMC. He called ahead and I was zipped in.

Long story short: cat scan normal (no blood clots or pulmonary edema. Ultasound normal. White cell count still around 20k and my temp was 101.6. I was admitted (to my significant surprise). My bp was 54/47!! (blamed on the incredibly helpful drug called dilaudid--needless to say, I didn't get this awesome drug again Sad).

On Saturday my big test was an MRI--and that found (eta for correction) Pleural effusion (liquid around the lung--simply stated--I'm not sure I completely understand). My temp was normal around 2pm yesterday but spiked back to 101.6 in the evening. There were two attempts to get my bp up but that has been a very slow process as well.

The good news is that my white cell count as of 5am was 9900 and my temp has been normal too. And, but my bp is the highest it has been at 86/59--at 9am this morning. So were are at least heading the right direction. Smile

The infectious disease doctor believes that this all might have happened with or without my breast surgery of December. As long as my fever and white cell count stay down in the healthy range I won't have them removed. However, the second I show signs of a temperature or any problem I will be taken to surgery for removal.

I want to be very clear that I have no strong attachment to my implants. If they are in any way the cause of this episode, I will be the first to have them removed. The doctors are not in any rush to remove the implants. We are all on the same page with regard to this part of my situation. My ONLY aversion to having the implants removed is the recovery. I don't want another three weeks of not holding my babies or not being able to do my housework, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

Anyway, right now things are headed in the right direction. I am in the hospital tonight and maybe tomorrow night too because they need my fever and white cell counts to stay normal for 48 hours. (ugh). we'll see how much they stick to that.

I didn't know my post would be so long so thank you for reading...you are all so wonderful and I am so grateful for your support and friendship. Thank You... Love, Jennifer

ETA: sorry for all my typos--I should have definitely used spell check (thank you for your understanding an patience reading this post Embarrassed

ETA2: My bp is 98/48!! (woo hoo)!!

Jennifer--
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