Doc stopped by again to check on ankle and said I should be fine to go home. They want me to stay on same pain meds as in hospital (not the dilaudid though).
Checking out this afternoon. Here's a list of a few things I took home from hospital that were a big help.
Disposable sanitizing/moisturizing clothes
Extra hospital gown
2 urinals
Little pink plastic pan for using after brushing teeth
4 of the paper ice bag things
Couple of the body washes and lotions
On very strict pain med schedule as leg kills if I don't stay on top of it. Here's an example of 24 hours:
21.5 pain pills total. I could have taken the Oxycodone IR every 3 hours (instead of 4) but I didn't need to. Here's a pic of the sheet I kept next to my bed. It has the instructions for each medication and the anticipated schedule. I would just circle the time I took the pill or write in the time. Worked very well, even in my drugged state.
12 am
2 5 mg Oxycodone IR (instant release)
2 am
2 10/325 Norco
3 am
1 5 mg Diazepam (valium)
4 am
2 5 mg Oxycodone IR
6 am
1 10/325 Norco
8 am
2 5 mg Oxycodone IR
9 am
1 5 mg Diazepam (valium)
10 am
1 10 mg Oxycodone SR (extended release)
2 10/325 Norco
11 am
325 mg aspirin
12 pm
2 5 mg Oxycodone IR
2 pm
1 10/325 Norco
3 pm
1 5 mg Diazepam
4 pm
2 5 mg Oxycodone IR
6 pm
2 10/325 Norco
8 pm
2 5 mg Oxycodone IR
9 pm
1 5 mg Diazepam
10 pm
1 10 mg Oxycodone SR
1 10/325 Norco
11 pm
