Bob Bailey
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Went in for Septoplasty, Ethmoidectomy and Antrostomy (basically, rebuilding my nose/sinuses, all done with a scope through my nostrils) this past Tuesday. Everything went well in the OR and I was discharged from the hospital that afternoon. My eldest daughter was driving me back to the hotel we were staying in. We got less than a mile away from the hospital when blood started spurting from my nose. A quick about face and back to the hospital.
It had been less than 15 minutes since my discharge and the staff in the surgery department said they couldn't treat me unless I was readmitted. I ended up in their Emergency where I sat for for several hours as the staff milled around trying to control the bleeding and figure out what to do. After packing both nostrils 3 times they finally got the bleeding stopped. We made it back to the Hotel and I spent about 20 minutes talking to Miriam, my daughter and SIL before blood started gushing again.
Ambulance ride to another ER where they successfully stopped the bleeding. Because of the several prior failures, I opted to be admitted for observation. Was discharged early Wednesday afternoon. Daughter and SIL got us home. Went to the surgeon's office Friday and had the packing removed. Everything is fine now. Just a week or 2 to recover and will be back to normal.
I was skeptical when the pre op instructions from the hospital told me not to take any of my meds the morning of surgery. For prior surgeries I was always instructed to, at very least, take my blood pressure medicine. When I was admitted for the surgery, my BP was 182/89. Somebody screwed up, big time. The surgeon and ER DR that finally stopped the bleeding agree that BP was the root cause of the excessive bleeding. The main thing is I survived, despite the blood loss and all of the bumbling at the first ER.
Glad to be back!
It had been less than 15 minutes since my discharge and the staff in the surgery department said they couldn't treat me unless I was readmitted. I ended up in their Emergency where I sat for for several hours as the staff milled around trying to control the bleeding and figure out what to do. After packing both nostrils 3 times they finally got the bleeding stopped. We made it back to the Hotel and I spent about 20 minutes talking to Miriam, my daughter and SIL before blood started gushing again.
Ambulance ride to another ER where they successfully stopped the bleeding. Because of the several prior failures, I opted to be admitted for observation. Was discharged early Wednesday afternoon. Daughter and SIL got us home. Went to the surgeon's office Friday and had the packing removed. Everything is fine now. Just a week or 2 to recover and will be back to normal.
I was skeptical when the pre op instructions from the hospital told me not to take any of my meds the morning of surgery. For prior surgeries I was always instructed to, at very least, take my blood pressure medicine. When I was admitted for the surgery, my BP was 182/89. Somebody screwed up, big time. The surgeon and ER DR that finally stopped the bleeding agree that BP was the root cause of the excessive bleeding. The main thing is I survived, despite the blood loss and all of the bumbling at the first ER.
Glad to be back!
