Scotiaspirit
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2015
- Messages
- 209
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2015
- Country
- CA
- State
- Nova Scotia
- City
- Dartmouth
I've been waiting since September to have Peg surgery finally on February 22nd 2017 it was successfully inserted just to the left of center in an area just below the rib cage Junctions into the abdominal muscles. The first surgeon attempted the surgery on December 8th 2016 and did not complete the surgery because my stomach and diaphragm were pushed up into the chest cavity.
On February 22nd a different surgeon than the original one attempted the surgery and was able to successfully place the peg go to the wall of my abdomen. I was sent home later that day other than when the freezing the local anesthetic started to wear off the pain was bearable and I was doing okay. The following day I started to develop a high fever in which a staff nurse on the 811 line advised I should go to the local emergency department without delay. The surgical site became very inflamed and the pain was pretty nasty. An abdominal x-ray showed I had a paralytic Ileus, the short-term side effect that happens to some patients after abdominal surgery.. Because of the fever it was concern I also could be developing an infection. In the end the surgical team that tended to me decided it was better not to prescribe antibiotics as it could be more to do with inflammation moreso than an infection. Over the weekend they will be sending a nurse to my residence three times each day to change the dressing and keep a close eye to see if an infection develops. I have been Flushing the PEG with about 240 milliliters of water three times daily and tonight it certainly feels much better than it did last night. They advised me it may take another 24 to 48 hours before my bowels will move due to the paralytic Ileus. They adviced me that paralytic ileus will usually resolve itself within a day or two. They gave me the option of staying in the hospital however they were at a code census which would have meant I would have had to stay on a little gurney in the Emergency Dept., or I could go home and have the Von nurses come by three times a day to change the dressing and tend to the wound. I chose the latter and I'm feeling much better being able to lay in my own bed. We'll see how the next couple of days go but I believe the worst is now behind me.
On February 22nd a different surgeon than the original one attempted the surgery and was able to successfully place the peg go to the wall of my abdomen. I was sent home later that day other than when the freezing the local anesthetic started to wear off the pain was bearable and I was doing okay. The following day I started to develop a high fever in which a staff nurse on the 811 line advised I should go to the local emergency department without delay. The surgical site became very inflamed and the pain was pretty nasty. An abdominal x-ray showed I had a paralytic Ileus, the short-term side effect that happens to some patients after abdominal surgery.. Because of the fever it was concern I also could be developing an infection. In the end the surgical team that tended to me decided it was better not to prescribe antibiotics as it could be more to do with inflammation moreso than an infection. Over the weekend they will be sending a nurse to my residence three times each day to change the dressing and keep a close eye to see if an infection develops. I have been Flushing the PEG with about 240 milliliters of water three times daily and tonight it certainly feels much better than it did last night. They advised me it may take another 24 to 48 hours before my bowels will move due to the paralytic Ileus. They adviced me that paralytic ileus will usually resolve itself within a day or two. They gave me the option of staying in the hospital however they were at a code census which would have meant I would have had to stay on a little gurney in the Emergency Dept., or I could go home and have the Von nurses come by three times a day to change the dressing and tend to the wound. I chose the latter and I'm feeling much better being able to lay in my own bed. We'll see how the next couple of days go but I believe the worst is now behind me.