2.5 liters of blood in your abdomen, and you weren't feeling woozy or light-headed? That, on average, is half the amount of blood in the human body!
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Originally Posted by shark:
2.5 liters of blood in your abdomen, and you weren't feeling woozy or light-headed? That, on average, is half the amount of blood in the human body!
Oh, I was feeling woozy alright, but with half of my blood gone, I was not really thinking coherently
:-). Kind of like being extremely drunk, but telling everyone you are fine, good to go. Fortunately, my dad was thinking a lot clearer and knew that involuntarily curling up in the fetal position of death every few minutes wasn't normal and made the decision to stop
:-):-)
What was really interesting was about this time 4 years ago, I was awake and coherent enough to kind of know what was going on...and I knew
something was NOT right Think hippity-hop!
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Turns out all of that blood in my torso had to go
somewhere, and the boys were the lowest point it could drain too...
:-) And the nurse wanted me to get up and walk. That was an interesting sight I'm sure.
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I couldn't get to a toilet for almost a week!
:-)
I will say it was real disorienting to wake up, under the influence of morphine and other pain meds, and wonder why someone put a cantaloupe between my legs!
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I seem to remember that story.
Praise the Lord that you are still here.
Peace of the Lord be with you.
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