Trycia's Angels - Community Announcements

"posted by Trycia Perry, Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 1:44 AM

hi friends and family. I apologize for taking so long to get this out. I have been pretty drugged up this entire time and it is only today that I am able to tolerate a little more pain and be able to focus on anything. This has been a very overwhelming and difficult process for me. I have to say that my first surgery and hospital experience at Kaiser Sunset was a completely different and more pleasant an experience than here. The surgery part went well. They successfully placed a metal rod in each femur bone and repaired my left pelvic bone, removed majority of lesions, cemented and repaired bone. But.... My God! My body has been through some pretty bad torture! Immediately following surgery, while I was still in the recovery room and my pain hadn't been properly managed, I was forced to do numerous X-rays! They manipulated metal boards under my body, bent and twisted my legs to get proper pictures, turned me on my sides where the metal rods were placed and slid the boards underneath,etc. for about an hour. The pain was unbearable. I'm very surprised I didn't pass out. When my parents and Mike came in to see me, the color was drained from my face and I was shaking and crying uncontrollably. At that point I needed a second blood transfusion. ( I recvd one during surgery) After this, I finally made it up to my room and the pain was still not quite under control. Needless to say, I didn't sleep too well that night. The next day I was still pretty shaken up and was terrified of any physical therapy. I had made up my mind that I would refuse to get up. Although scheduled, the physical therapist didn't show up! Thank the Lord! Also, I'd been battling a fever on and off. Next day, the pain was better managed and fever had reduced. Physical therapist DID show up today and I was able to slither out of bed, touch my feet to the ground and stand up with the walker and extra help from the therapist. I was extremely dizzy and in lots of pain. It felt very wierd to put weight on my left foot especially because it is partially numb and tingly. Dr said this is normal and should last maybe a couple weeks. (I do feel it getting better every day) Because the Dr. had to cut into the muscle in the leg, it disturbed the nerve in the foot. Anyways, I managed to take 6 steps forward and 6 steps back. DONE. Back in bed. Needed pain meds and had a nurse for the last 2 days who was horribly lazy, uncompassionate, and not much help at all. Battled a fever again that night. Next day, docs said I needed another (6 hr) blood transfusion. Same nurse assigned that day. She had to replace both my iv lines. one for the meds, another for blood. Took her about 4 tries, lots of pain, frustration, tears, and I was done! My friend Scott showed up unexpectedly, but just in the nick of time and I lost it. Long story short, Scott gave me the courage to speak up and request another nurse. I told them everything and then some about how I was treated by her and officially reported her. It felt good. Today was a lot better. Blood transfusion helped, new wonderful nurse, 2 pt sessions. some irritating things happened, but managed to get through it. I feel like my body is just tore up! Cuts, bruises, scabs, sores, dry mouth, itchiness, constipation....BUG! Tomorrow is a new day however and I am already feeling optimistic. As you can probably imagine, it hasn't been an ideal time for visitors. I most likely will be here another couple days but I still have a lot of work to do, and sleep to catch up on. It would be best to come and visit me at my parents house where I am in a relaxed, healing environment, and will be recovering for several months. I will update if I end up staying here longer than expected. Thank you as always for your prayers!! I've been given incredible strength through the 6race of God, the power of YOUR prayers, healing thoughts and energy. God Bless all of you!!