Going over a week with JP drain and it's killing me
Had kidney transplant last Tuesday, and my first postop check-in was yesterday. My JP drain from surgery is still putting out about 400ml a day. The entry is super red and painful, the nurse admitted that it was not sutured as well as it could be. There is a ton of stitching around the tube and a single stitch on my skin, the stitch is pulling my skin so much it looks like a tent and it's severely red. I asked them to remove it and she basically scolded me telling me they can't because it's putting out too much fluid still. During my appointment she bent the tube against my skin to bandage it better and it hurt so fucking much. She asked if I was taking my Oxy Rx, and I told her I haven't felt like I needed to (it's mostly a pinching pain but when there's more force to the site it's almost unbearable pain), she goes "well it looks like you need to now!". I have another appointment on Thursday (tomorrow) and another next Monday. I have a feeling they won't rremove it tomorrow. I can't stand it. Everything else is great, labwork is great..losing weight, they prescribed Lasix 20mg to try to get more fluid off. I just know my anxiety would go away and I would pain free if this freaking JP drain was out.