Day of surgery: When I woke up in recovery I had a bandage over my head and the tubes were still in my nose going into my throat. Everyone told me I wouldn't remember being in recovery, but I did. I didn't mind much when they took the nose tube out because I was still pretty drugged up. Soon after that I was moved into my room around 3. My surgeon came in a few hours after since I was feeling blood in my throat. He clipped the wires holding my teeth together and used a suction device to suck the blood clots out. It felt amazing. The rest of the day pretty much consisted of me sleeping while nurses came in a out taking blood pressure/giving medicine. The pain level was around a 2 or 3, basically just uncomfortable. That night I woke up about every hour or two, it seemed like the night was never going to end. The first thing I had to drink was apple juice around 3 am. For those who were wondering, I did have a catheter in so I didn't have to get up to go to the bathroom which was really nice. Excuse this picture it's pretty bad!
right of of surgery
Day two: I got my catheter taken out so I could get up and walk around! I felt much more going on the second day because the anesthesia was starting to flush out of my body. The surgeon came in that morning at 7 and clipped my stylish head piece off and said he would be back around 7 pm to release me from the hospital if I was doing alright. I was told on a scale of 1-10 my swelling was about a 2. Thankful for that! In addition to the jaw surgery and wisdom teeth, the surgeon fixed my deviated septum. This was minor in comparison to the other things but it's making my left nostril bleed non stop. Not a big deal but it's an annoying addition to everything else that's going on. My diet on the 2nd day was apple juice, lots of water, and chicken broth. Toward the end of the night my mom brought me a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks. We mixed it with vanilla ice cream until it was thin, then I drank it through a syringe...heaven. I use the syringe for anything warm or anything thicker than water. Apple juice, and water I can drink out of a styrofoam cup. The pain was much more significant today because the nurses are on a very strict schedule with medications. I was allowed to take more pain medicine than they were giving me so my surgeon called and told them to give me more. Then he proceeded to tell me I could go home so I could better regulate my intake of medicine. I am taking childrens Motrin every 6 hours (30 ml) and tylenol with codine (1-2 tbsp) every 4-6 hours. So I made it home last night and slept in about 3 hour cycles so I could get up to take medicine.
Day three: I was told the swelling would be the worst on day three, and it definitely is. I feel like a balloon and most of my pain is coming from all the pressure I feel in my head. Drinking through the syringe is slightly more difficult today but I drank more ensure (i really like the vanilla) and my mom pureed cream of mushroom soup and added milk to make it thinner. I've been drinking a lot of water and apple juice also. Overall, today has been the worst because my mouth just feels so gross and I feel huge. If you feel like your mouth is getting to gross to even eat anything try rinsing with warm water through the syringe so you can get back in the hard to reach spots. Brushing my teeth at this point doesn't really do anything because I can't use toothpaste. I haven't been to the bathroom yet so my doctor told me to take milk of magnesia. Also, i'm still waking up about every 3 hours during the night.
xoxo Aubrie
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