I was sleeved 3/26/14, on 3/27/14 I went back under because I had internal bleeding. I had lost 5 pints of blood and had to get a transfusion, which took a few hours for the hospital to receive my blood type. I was in the hospital for five days. I remember coming out of surgery that first day and doing ok, came out around 3'ish. By 6am the next morning, my drain had leaked everywhere and my chest hurt and I couldn't breath. Within minutes my room was full of nurses and surgeons and anesthiologist. I remember calling my husband, he was at home with the kids, telling him it was serious and have to have emergency surgery. The nurse took my phone to tell him what was going on as they wheeled back to the operating room.
After the second surgery, my throat hurt realy bad from being intubated again. I was very tired and very anemic. Spent those next few days receiving bag after bag of blood (4 total). Found out the hospital had med-flew my blood there from 2 hours away. I stayed very anemic and tired for several weeks. It probably was about 4 weeks out that I finally had any energy and my Iron was back to normal, no longer anemic.
13 weeks out now, doing great! Even with the complications, I would do it all over again!
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