This morning I was moved back to the Surgical Specialist Ward that I had just left 2 days ago.
The doctor came to visit and said it's not uncommon for this to happen in the first few days, although a little unusual this far along. He decided it best to keep me under observation for another night and see if the bleeding would get better or worse. We had 2 scenarios. Apparently when they cut along your top jaw, your sinuses fill up with blood and have to eventually drain. At this stage, the doctor is not sure if that's what is happening. A more serious reason could be a bleeding nose artery that needs to surgically closed off.They can do a scan to see where the blood is coming from but it has such high levels of radiation and is very expensive the doctors will only do it in extreme emergency. So we just had to wait and see which way we were going.
I was told to stay in bed with my head elevated, only to get out to go to the toilet. To eat only cold /soft food & cold drinks and keep ice behind my neck as warmth tends to make blood run more. We were hoping that this would stop the bleeding from happening again. I was thinking perhaps I had done too much and not rested enough.
Well it happened again, and again. Another 4 times to be exact, although I was prepared now and it wasn't so scary anymore; each time was shorter and shorter. Down to around 15 minutes now. The last 2 times I was bleeding a little out the corner of my eye as well which seem to surprise the doctor.
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