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I Am A Caregiver To My Spouse

Been a long couple weeks. Wife went in for an operation for a suprapubic catheter a week and a half ago, all the tests were done and the surgery should have went smoothly. But she had a minor heart attack after the surgery which made her have to stay in the hospital for 6 days. She was released a week ago with 6 new medications to take bringing her total to 16 daily. A nurse redressed her G-tube differently than I normally do, we didn't think this was an issue. But when we got home the G-tube was out about 13cm, we didn't think much of it as it has come out before but not that far. A home care nurse came early the next day to check on things and insisted we get the G-tube looked at. 911 call and ambulance ride later and she is back in the local hospital. After getting checked out, it seems the G-tube had gone defective and pulled out of her stomach and had to be replaced. Exactly a week after her first operation she had another, not fully recovering from the first yet. Yesterday she was released from that hospital and is back home again. It has been a very stressful time on her and her emotions are not doing well at all. Can't say my emotions are in great shape either.
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SW-User
Sorry to hear your both having such a hard time,try and stay strong and positive and I'm sure things will get easier over the next few weeks
gmatthewb · 51-55, M
@SW-User Thank you, going to take her a while to recover. I'm always trying to stay positive, hasn't been easy.