Drain Drain Go Away...

posted Thursday, 8 March 2007

The 3rd and final drain was pulled today... yowza! It was a bit uncomfortable as Dr S pulled the tube out of my armpit. I could feel the 15 inches of tubing wind its way through my back until it was all out... gross! Fingers crossed that I don't have too much fluid build up in my back now... otherwise, they'll need to aspirate it.

After filling the expander with another 60 cc's of saline, Dr S drew 20 cc's of fluid off my chest... also gross! Fortunately, I can't really feel that. Unfortunately, a needle to aspirate my back would be felt, so let's all think good thoughts about my body coming to terms with the missing tissue from my back.

Overall, things are feeling better. I am still pretty tired and my back and side are quite sore. My chest feels pretty good. I'm pretty much off all of the pain meds. In general, I feel almost normal when I am sitting still... I am getting some weird pinching in my back (like a twinge of pain) that I thought was from the drain, but it's still been happening -- hopefully, once my back has a chance to relax, that will go away too!

Thanks to Heather, Char, Mom & Mike for chauffeuring me back and forth to the dr -- over an hour away.

Sandra (my friend from work) & her daughter, Isabella, came over for dinner tonight. They brought over Macaroni Grill (yum) and some nice lotion for me. I got Isabella a Webkinz -- look how "with it" I looked, thanks to my cousins Diana, Jessica & Brian! Webkinz are all the rage and she didn't have one yet! Isabella enjoyed playing with the kitties and Otis (and I think the babies enjoyed having someone new to play with too!)