Day 3 Post op

Ok, so it has taken me a few days to get up to the stage that I ahve felt well enough to write on this. I did try on day 1 (23rd) but was doing it on my iphone and the technical challenges were completely beyond me - was able to put the ttiles in but nothing else!
So today we have finally made some progress - but its been a turbulent journey already.
1 - post op - I have no recollection of this but I had an arrythmia with a HR of 150 and systolic BP of 60, 1 magnesium infusion later and I had stabilised, my only memory is the ITU consultant saying they might put in an arterial line - luckily that didn't happen.
2 - 1st night - no sleep but no surprise there - had been having some weird right abdo/back pain.
3 - Day 1 post -op - stayed in ITU, abdo pain still there, had USS which showed dilated bile ducts and intrhepatic ducts (no idea what that means) and a slightly bright right kidney with a bit of fluid around it - the consultant very disappointedly said - nothing for me to drain - I was very relieved
4 - 2nd night - OK, got some sleep, had really nice bed bath and felt so much better - and really didn't care about the nurse seeing and washing everything - in fact felt better for being clean. My skin had been really itchy from the surgical scrub so was nice to be rid of that (and the slightly orange tint!)
5 - Day 2 post op - nightmare - my own orthopeadic team failed to come see me, ITU discharged me back to the ward with an Hb of 6.5, the ward left me without pain relief and anti-sickness for 4 hours - all in all too much. I felt so let down by the NHS and my collegagues - normally I'm all for the quiet life but believe me someone will be hearting about this!
6 - 3 units of blood later, and some sleep and things are starting to look a bit more positive.
Sophie