Care for a patient with Cholecystectomy

Today I was fortunate to care for a patient who was post op laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Patient presented to the ED with sharp pains, ultrasound and ct presented gallstones, murphys sign present. Patient decided to go home and take pain meds to let it pass but pain became excruciating to point of limited function. Patient then had urgent surgery in which laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed. One of the gallstones was the size of a golfball! Priority of care was pain management. Patient was tolerating clear liquids.

This website contains further information on the surgical procedure

http://www.surgery.usc.edu/divisions/tumor/pancreasdiseases/web%20pages/BILIARY%20SYSTEM/laparoscopic%20chole.html