Tag: lump
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Hannah’s recovery from heart surgery | Day 15
A healthy dose of cautious optimism… …and moving lumps of fluid! Morning Hannah and Simon had a reasonably good night last night. According to Hannah, Simon snores less than I do…hahaha…yeah right!! Hannah still has diarrhoea and stomach cramps and no appetite, but is at least constantly sipping boiled water. She’s bright and cheerful and…
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Hannah’s recovery from heart surgery | Day 15
Day 15 after heart surgery… …and still a few challenges to overcome A restless night Hannah and I had quite an uncomfortable, restless night. From about 1am onwards, Hannah was tossing and turning, struggling to sleep and complaining of stomach cramps. Earlier in the night, she’d felt quite hot to the touch and was complaining…
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Hannah’s recovery from heart surgery | Day 14 | Here we go again…
Two steps forward, one step back… Back in Birmingham Hannah woke up with a massive lump at the top of her sternotomy wound, similar to when she’d had surgical emphysema, which had appeared to have gone. She doesn’t have the crackles (crepitations) that usually go with surgical emphysema this time though. I measured (8cm long…