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DURING YOUR HOSPITALIZATION

What can I expect during my hospitalization?

· Following your recovery in the PACU, you will be transferred to your room,
either the intensive care unit or the room on the floors. A multidisciplinary team
will be taking care of you. A�er your surgery, you will progressively regain your
baseline activities including drinking, eating, walking, and urinating.
· Depending on your surgery, you may wake up with one or more drains, and/
or a urinary catheter.
· Depending on your condition, diagnosis, and progress, you may be evaluated
by a physical therapist.

What can I expect regarding

pain management?
· It is normal to experience some postoperative pain. It is our goal to keep you
pain free. It will be important when the hospital sta� asks you to rate your pain
on a scale of 0-10, that you answer with a number (Example: 0 is no pain; 10 is
the worst pain you can imagine).
· During your stay in the PACU and the first night a�er your surgery, if needed,
you will be given pain medication intravenously until you can safely swallow
pills. By the day a�er surgery, you should have transitioned to oral pain
medications.

Patient Control Analgesia (PCA):

Can a family member stay with me overnight?

· Family member can sleep. �e intensive care unit rooms do not have companion
beds.

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