Check-in time 7:30 A.M. May 21, 2013
Check out 9:30 A.M. May 25, 2 days later than expected due to *non-surgery issues
* One of the issues was Oxygen level, which tended to be a little low. That can be because anesthesia can repress the breathing in some, and I don't do well with most medications. They (who, I don't really know) ordered a chest X-ray. It was the kind brought right into the room and taken while I was sitting in bed. This was Fri. afternoon. (There was some other lab level that was low also, but I forget what it was.) So I had been expecting to go home on Fri., but was delayed. When the nurse, Vance, came in the evening, I told him about having to wait for discharge time pending the results of the chest X-ray and whatever the other lab was. He left after the usual nurse duties, but returned about 10 minutes later to tell me he had checked and the X-ray was perfectly clear, and the other test completely normal. I felt relief at not having to think about bad X-rays throughout the night, and thought it was very nice of him to deliver this information to me on short notice. Thanks, Vance!
From the Patient Portal Records:
Post-op hematocrit was 30. Normal range is 38-46
Low saturation-82
Low magnesium
Chest X-Ray negative
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