On day three, I woke up around five-thirty. Someone came in to do my bloodwork, but only took one sample. A nurse also quickly hooked me up to an IV again. I asked her why. She told me that my heart rate was around 120 at rest. She listened to my heart and lungs and asked if I had any chest pain. I told her I didn't, and she requested that I inform her if that changed.
It did change. While I was eating breakfast, I felt quite a bit of chest pain - as if someone were sitting on me. My oxygen levels also dropped, so I put my oxygen tubes back on and that helped a little bit.
One of Dr. Peter's assistants came in and explained things to me. He told me that my blood levels should be around forty, but that during surgery I lost a lot of blood and was now at thirty. He said that blood transfusions are given at <25, and he didn't want to give me a trnsfusion, so the fluids in my IV would hopefully compnsate for the lost blood, and that that should bring down my heart rate.
Because chest pain was added to the equation, a cardiologist came and gave me an EKG. More blood samples were drawn as well. In fact, on the third day, blood was drawn on four different occassions to check and see if anything was wrong. All of the tests came back negative, which is good. I was put back on oxygen, at least for while sleeping, since that's when I have the hardest time breathing.
My epidural was taken out yesterday morning, and in the afternoon, I walked! I first walked to the wall and back. But later, I was able to walk to the bathroom and back. They also removed my catheter, so now I actually have to get out of bed to go to the bathroom, but I am able to do that without too much trouble.
Today my grandparents (on my dad's side) visited me, as did my cousin Koltn and his girlfriend and another cousin, Adrianna. Later, Ethan came and visited me as well.
It was a very full day. A good one, but a very full one nonetheless.
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