Tag: setback
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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…
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Recovering from heart surgery |Day 5
Highs and Lows A rough night 1am Hannah wakes up as she needs the toilet. Complains of pain…in her chest but also her right shoulder when breathing in. I get her back into bed. ..almost bolt upright as she says it hurts too much otherwise. She probably hardly got any pain relief at her last…