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Title: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Nicole222 on May 04, 2008, 05:02:04 am
My surgery is Friday, May 9th.  I know everyone is different, but how long were you in ICU and then also the rest of your stay?
Thanks so much :)
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: nancyann on May 04, 2008, 07:03:44 am
Hi Nicole:    I had the surgery on a Monday  & was taken to NICU.  On Tuesday I was on a regular unit & was discharged Friday.
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: jtd71465 on May 04, 2008, 07:16:05 am
Surgery was Wednesday night (5:00PM-8:30PM), moved out of ICU on Friday and came home early Sunday afternoon.

Joe-
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Pembo on May 04, 2008, 07:29:50 am
I had surgery on a Thursday and I think I was moved from ICU on Saturday?! I was in a bad fog from pain meds until the following Friday when they finally took me off the heavy paid meds and I was moved to an inpatient rehab for 8 days. Total hospital stay was 16 days.
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Cheryl R on May 04, 2008, 07:34:44 am
Is your surgeon  one who does AN surgery on a frequent basis?         It is very important that we all go to a surgeon who does them on a weekly basis and very experienced with them.     I hope that is what you are doing.          There are occ drs who say they will do them and do maybe a couple a year and one needs to not do this and make sure and go somewhere to a dr who does them on  frequent basis.      One ends up in the best shape this way.                 One can put up with in most cases with time till one makes sure you have the best dr.             You will have the best results from surgery if this happens.        
  If you end up with no hearing it is something to get used it but one does in time.
            What size is your AN?                                       Cheryl R
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Nicole222 on May 04, 2008, 07:40:09 am
Thanks for all your quick replies! :)

It is about 2.5cm.
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Debbi on May 04, 2008, 09:41:35 am
Nicole-

I just updated WABs post about my surgery this week.  My surgery started at 8:30 Weds of last week, and I checked out of the hospital yesterday morning by 10:30 AM.  Against all odds!  Having experienced AN surgeons is key.

Good luck!
Debbi
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: LADavid on May 04, 2008, 10:11:00 am
Nichole
My surgery was Monday AM -- first day and a half in ICU.  Wednesday in a hospital room.  Ready to go Thursday and eat real food.  Had to stay till Friday morning.  I think three to four days with no complications is standard.

Best wishes

David
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: leapyrtwins on May 04, 2008, 11:59:58 am
Nicole -

as you probably know, most docs say 4-7 days in the hospital.

I was there for 5 nights - but only because I was so nauseaus that I wasn't eating and the nutritionist refused to let me go until I did so.  Not eating also meant I didn't have enough strength to be walking the halls like the docs wanted me to, so I was in the hospital one more night that I really should have been.  I guess the moral of this story is eat and walk  ;)

I was never in a separate ICU room.  The hospital I had my surgery at puts you in a regular room and just calls it "ICU" until they decide to downgrade it.  I believe I was technically in "ICU" for about 24 - 36 hours.

Jan
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Catflower on May 04, 2008, 12:27:53 pm
I had surgery on Tuesday; out of surgery about 4:30 PM (8 hours) and spent the night in Intensive Care.  I was moved to a step-down bed Wednesday and to a regular room on Thursday.  I came home Sunday

Linda in WV
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Kate B on May 04, 2008, 12:31:07 pm
Linda,

You are now a "postie".   Your 24 hour stay in ICU appears to be a common protocal. It is amazing that persons often are in the hospital less than a week for brain surgery.  How far medicine has come.

How are you doing?

Kate
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Kate B on May 04, 2008, 12:34:36 pm
Nicole,

My middle fossa surgery was on a Thursday (about 4 hours).  I was in ICU 24 hours, in a regular room on Friday night and discharged Sunday.  It was a four day stay at St. Vincents in California. 


May 9th is right around the corner! Keep us posted afterword.

Kate
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: chocolatetruffle on May 04, 2008, 05:47:30 pm
my surgery was tuesday and that night was spent in the ICU, next day they moved me to regular room and was discharged on sunday, so total 5 nights in hospital.  my stitches were taken out the following tuesday.  good luck to you!!!
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: elderbirds on May 04, 2008, 06:27:23 pm
I had surgery on a Wed, morning, spent the night in ICU moved to a regular room on Thurs. and discharged on Monday.  I too was having some issues with eating and they wanted to make sure I was able to eat a "regular diet" before I went home.  Good luck to you.
Hope
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: cmp on May 04, 2008, 07:00:33 pm
Wow, the hospital stays have definitely gotten shorter since '89! The average stay then was a full week--my surgeon kept me 10 days because I would be flying home across the country immediately after. It's good to know they get us back in our own beds ASAP (especially as it's so hard to get a real night's sleep in a hospital...)

Best of luck with your surgery, Nicole!
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Charlotte Lady on May 04, 2008, 08:27:31 pm
I had surgery 8am on Tuesday, spent the night in the ICU because the NICU was full.  Into a regular room midday Weds and escaped from the joint on Friday after lunch. 
I was out of bed, sort of, on Weds, and making everyone I know walk me around the floor on thursday.   

Donna
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Jim Scott on May 05, 2008, 09:30:40 am
My hospital stay was 4½ days.  3 days in ICU and about a 1½ days in a semi-private room.  I only stayed in the ICU as long as I did because they didn't have a bed for me on the 'regular' floor.  This seems to be about average.

Jim
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: er on May 05, 2008, 09:52:26 am
I went in on a Monday morning and was out by Fri at lunch time. I should had been out by Thursday but they schedule to place a gold weight before I left because I couldn't close my left eye and I was really light sensitive. I also spent all my time in ICU because of no rooms in the hospital..
eve
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: satman on May 07, 2008, 11:27:03 am
I went through a 17 1/2 hr surgery,induced coma for 3 days,Icu for close to a week,the hospital about 3 weeks,and in-patient re-hab for close to a month,in-home PT for a couple of weeks, and outpatient re-hab for months. graduated in order, wheelchair,walker, cane,to walking like Ozzy to walking like Fred Sanford. " the surgery was the easy part ".
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: lori67 on May 07, 2008, 03:08:17 pm
Satman, I'm glad I wasn't your surgeon - I would have fallen asleep standing up after about the 10th hour!  By the way, I'm sure YOU'RE glad I wasn't your surgeon too!   :D

Anyway, I had my surgery on a Tuesday - to the ICU Tuesday night - regular room on Friday morning (some issues with the steroids kept me in ICU a little longer than planned) and then home Sunday morning.  Brief readmission the following Tuesday to Wednesday - against my wishes - after passing out twice on my floor and giving myself a nice black eye.  Once again, steroid related.

My doctor said most of his patients stay about 5 days total, but if I felt like going home after 3, that was okay, and if I felt like I needed 30, that was fine too.  If the food was better, I might have taken him up on the offer for a month off - lounging in bed with the remote and having my meals served to me...and I had a beautiful view of the Nashville skyline.  Oh well, missed opportunity. 

Lori
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: vcschaub on May 07, 2008, 07:45:57 pm
I checked in at 6 am on a Tuesday, had surgery (4 hrs) that morning, spent the night in ICU, in a private room Wednesday and discharged on Saturday.
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Kaybo on May 07, 2008, 08:39:27 pm
Back in the dark ages...I went straight to ICU from surgery b/c it was so late (OR for 14 hours).  I think I was in ICU for 4 days and regular room for about 3-4...

K
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Tamara on May 08, 2008, 05:13:53 am
I went through a 17 1/2 hr surgery,

I don't even want to do anything I LIKE for 17 hours...I don't know how they do it!

Tamara
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: oHIo on May 08, 2008, 05:22:07 pm
Had 8 1/2 hour surgery on Thursday, went to NICU for the night.  To regular room on Friday and was to be discharged on Easter Sunday(day 3).  Developed CSF leak along with other complications.  Discharged on day 11, then back to the ER for another CSF leak from my lumbar drain site.  I'd definitely say not the norm, but then I've never been "normal" (whatever that is).

I'm seven weeks post op today and am doing well.  Each day gets better and better.
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: lacey7 on May 08, 2008, 05:46:12 pm
Best of luck to you, Nicole.
I will be praying for you tomorrow.
Let us know how it went, when you feel well enough to post.
Lacey
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: cherrypiper on May 08, 2008, 05:55:35 pm
i had my surgery Dec. 3rd last year. i was in ICU for 2 days , which is what they told me , then in Advanced care for 1 day, and regular room for 1 day. making it 4 days total.

They had said 4 days minimum usually 5 to 6 days total here In Houston.

Hope this helps

Steve W.
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Crazycat on May 08, 2008, 06:24:22 pm
My ordeal......

 1st surgery for shunt installation I was in about 2 weeks due to complications ( had to have the surgery done twice and went into a coma from a bad reaction to morphine). I had a month off between the shunt procedure and the tumor resection.

I was in surgery for the tumor resection 15.5 hours. I was in ICU for two days. Spent two weeks in the hospital neuro ward. Spent another week in a rehab hospital. Wow!

I can relate to Satman!
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Joef on May 08, 2008, 07:04:47 pm
ICU 4 days ... "normal" room 3 days .. on hospital campus hotel 7 days ...
Title: Re: How long was your hospital stay?
Post by: Crazycat on May 08, 2008, 07:26:36 pm
Joe!!! Missed you at the brunch. Next time!!