How many days in hospital?

[epodjn]

The doctor told me typically he released patience after 5 or 6 days but I was driving the nurses crazy so they let me go after 4. Everytime they needed to take my vitals I was out walking the halls. I think they got tired of hunting me down all the time. I was pretty determined to get my balance back and was told walking was the best way. Must have worked. I came home and was able to walk around the block.

[aj44]

Hi. Thank you all for your answers.

[Nickittynic]

I had retrosigmoid on a tuesday and was there exactly a week, went home on the next tuesday. They had to make sure I had enough PT sessions that I could walk to the bathroom with help before I went home. They might have kept me a day or two longer if I hadn't told them I was getting depressed and needed to get out. :p

[tenai98]

i had my translab on a tues and they were ready to release me sat. but seeing that i live in the boonies and it being easter weekend..I came home on the tues.
JO

[Lori Ann]

Doctors told me 7-10 days  in the hospital, I got out after
7 days in the hospital. I got better rest when I was
in my own home.

Lori

[CHD63]

Discharged day 6.

Clarice

[cyrmom2]

Surgery on Tuesday, released Friday at lunchtime.  Much better food at home!

[wendysig]

My doc told me my hospital stay would be 3 - 5 days.  I had surgery on Friday and would have been released on Monday but went for physical therapy at the unit in the hospital for a couple of days.  I couldn't stand being there any longer and went home with my surgeon's blessing on Wednesday.  In all honesty, if I hadn't been sort of strong armed by the in house physical therapist who evaluated me, I would have gone home on Monday since I ended up going for more physical therapy in a center near home.

Wendy

[TP]

1) AN surgery removed on Monday and checked out on Friday noon.
2) 1st CSF leak surgery stayed 7 days but got Mennigitis and had to stay in hospital until I could go home with PIC line
3) 2nd CSF leak surgery, 8 days but had to get a lumbar drain too as well as the surgery.

Personally I was glad I was able to go home that soon after my AN was removed. You will rest better at home assuming you have no complications. My additional surgeries I stayed in due to fever and some complications so my situation was not the norm, I don't believe.

[Lilan]

My surgery was a Thursday, and I was released Tuesday. So I guess that covers six days, though the only days I felt like I was in hosp were Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon, and Fri is rather a blur. So it felt like three days. 

Beforehand, I would've thought I wanted the shortest possible stay, but then once I was there, I was kind of nervous about being farther away than a buzzer to medical care. So I didn't mind staying till I was good and ready to go!

[dust340]

My son was in Emory for 6 days, then in rehab for 10 days.

[mll]

I had retrosigmoid and was released two days post-op.

[no2hopkins]

I was under the knife a little over 8 hours and went home in 5 days.

[clr]

Betsy had a 12 hr retrosigmoid surgery on a Monday and was discharged 1 pm on the following Wednesday.

Cindy

[Rc Moser]

Well, I think there is alot of factors, how long you had the tumor and what it's stuck to. and how hard it is to get to based on what proceedure you have. How determined you team are to get it all, IMO after 12 or so hours if it's a large tumor that's been there a long time some doctors give up and leave some of the sac. IMO the biggest factor is what it is pushing one and stuck to.  Most of the 12 crainal nerves are real close where the AN is located and if it stuck to alot of the nerves then it takes a few days for some to recover and some may never recover like the facial nerve.

In my case I had a tumor on the larger scale and it had been there for maybe 20 years, took my team about 17 or so hours to get it all. When you out for that long and removal of the inner ear pieces may require longer recovery. I went in early 5:30 on Thursday and was released late the next Friday.  8 Days.  I had severe head pain and was on morphine two to three days after.  Most Hospitals don't know how to recover an AN patient so they may send you to stroke rehab. 

 after my operation My vision was sideways, too about 12 or so hours for my brain to adjust to one balancer before it came up to normal.  Beings I was out for so long I didn't feel like eating for a couple of days and by Tuesday I was able to get out of bed.  By Thursday I was walking on my own and they was satisfied late Friday and released me.  I lost 29 lbs in the 8 days I was in the hospital.