Antibiotics given in hospital ????

Hi Khippie, Yes you should have I was given two full days od antibiotics thru the drip.

Mind you they doubled my blood pressure dosage and took three days to get it above 90 ended up having to stay for 6 days could have been home in 3." Not happy jan"

S------ happens. Alicia

if I remember correctly I too was given some kind of long acting antibiotic during the surgery, (so we don't have to worry about it later) purely preventative from my understanding.

With super virus being endemic it's probably illegal not to give antibiotics, especially at such a big hospital like Guy's.

I am allergic to penicillin and it's relatives but still had to have something. They gave me a big dose during the surgery and I didn't have any on the ward.

If you know what ward you were on you could try ringing them and asking about your medication history? I don't know, just a thought.

Do you feel sick/feverish? If so you should probably ring your doctor.

Yes l recall them saying both times. I was given antibiotics through iv drip don't know if it was during ops or afterwards they were out in through my canula

Laura x

Everyone gets a canula, to make it easy for them to administer any drugs needed, such as antibiotics, also morphine, or to transfuse blood back into you from your drain collection.  Mine stayed in the back of my hand until discharge for both operations.  It saves them having to try to find a vein if you need something in a hurry.

Graham - 🚀💃

I don't recall if they gave me antibiotics or not. But they did use the cannula to help increase my blood pressure as it was too low.

Michael  

Hi khipiie when I was in hospital, they injected antibiotics into my stomach. Are you sure they didn't put any in the cannula.

Brenda x