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RECOVERY ROOM
Immediately after surgery, you will be taken to the recovery room. Because of privacy for all
patients, we are unable to have visitors in the recovery room. Your recovery room nurse will
continue to monitor your vital signs- blood pressure, heart rate, oxygen level, temperature.
Your nurse will give you medication to help keep you comfortable, as you need it. You may
need additional oxygen for a while. Your recovery room nurse will ask you questions about how
you are feeling, remind you to take deep breaths, and ask you to wiggle your fingers and toes.
Your stay in the recovery room will be about one-two hours, and when you no longer require
close monitoring, you will be taken to your hospital room where your friends and family may
visit.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
If you have family or friends waiting, please review with your nurse, surgeon and care team that
you would like them updated about your condition after the surgery. Please be prepared to give
the staff your designated person contact information. Your surgeon will contact any waiting
family members or friends immediately after surgery to answer any questions. Your family
should check-in with the receptionist at the check-in desk on the surgery floor.
