Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 This question wasn't answered (that I remember) for Dr. Hess/Oakley patients. Did you get to shower? Also - I am wondering about these tubes that are sticking out of people they refer to - what are they? How many? What do they do? How long are they in? Do Dr. Hess patients have those, too? Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 Carole, In reference to the showering question......Yes, you will get to shower, but it will be close to 5 days post op......You will get the old fashioned rag bath until you get into the shower...... As for the tubes you are asking about I assume you are talking about your drainage tube......Yes, you will have one, it drains excess blood from your abdomen and it also drains saline that they used irrigating you during the surgery. This tube will stay in you until the day you are discharged...... Goff 11/05/01 Dr. Oakley/Bowling Green, Ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2001 Report Share Posted December 8, 2001 I had a sitting shower 2 days postop. I didn't have the energy to stand up that long so they put a bench in the handicap shower tapes platic over my tubes and let me go for it. By day three I was able to stand and take a shower but not wash my hair (of course my hair comes down to the back of my knees so it is a major task) so they had a student help me in a chair like they use at a beauty shop to wash it. For tubes etc, I had one on the right side of my stomach for draining (it like like a ballon with the end cut off). Usually this is covered by gauze and changed daily. Mine drained so much they stuck a bag until it. The central line (which is about the best thing I've ever had - no iv's poking your hand every time you bend it). And the epi in the back. That's it. > This question wasn't answered (that I remember) for Dr. Hess/Oakley patients. > Did you get to shower? > Also - I am wondering about these tubes that are sticking out of people they > refer to - what are they? How many? What do they do? How long are they in? > Do Dr. Hess patients have those, too? > Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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