Let Me Out!

Captain's log: October 4th 2020, 1800 hours approximately American Central Time. This is day 5 of my journey at Mercy Hospital. They have still been monitoring my JP port since it is still showing creamy chyle. Fortunately, it has been more serous (reddish yellow fluid) in nature as the bowel surgeon prefers. I have all my discharge stickers on my door. The one thing that is holding me back is the fact that I need an RN to visit me at my home in Louisville, Kentucky. I am not sure if it is the port that upgrades my medical professional to RN status, but it is what it is.  Discharge WILL BE tomorrow. 

Other than still having the port attached to me, I will have the stoma bag as well. The ostomy nurse came by today and I successfully changed out my stoma bag on my own (for the most part). There will be a learning curve and hopefully I will not be too skilled at that art before having the surgery in 2 months to reattach my colon.  Guys, stomas are weird and fascinating at the same time.   As I stare at the protruding part of my intestine coming out of my abdominal region, it moves like a slow earthworm because of the peristalsis that is continually happening.  And I will have to change that bag quick in the morning before any further digestion takes place.  It is a race against time.   As one of my viewers suggested, I will not skimp out on the ostomy supplies. Fortunately, this hospital enrolled me in a program where different companies send me their stoma bag products so I should be set for a while.

I am super excited to go home tomorrow.  The 4 hour drive will be...tolerable, but hurrah for pain medications!  Hopefully my next post will be from the comfort of my home.  Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers.  God bless, y'all.

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