If you have been reading along with our blog then you know that Jimmy's surgery is Friday! If you haven't then let me tell you that JIMMY'S SURGERY IS FRIDAY! It's hard to believe that the time is already upon us when it feels like we have been waiting forever for it to get here. Fear not! You will have a post tomorrow. I have set it up so that you will have Jimmy's Week 2 Pre-Op Vlog to watch while we are at the hospital tomorrow having the surgery done. I will be posting how the surgery went on Facebook tomorrow so that people won't freak out from worrying but there most likely won't be any surgery updates here until Monday. Sorry.
All that being said, I know that you won't want to hear about what Jimmy's diet is like at that point because you will want to know that Jimmy is alive and kicking so I am going to tell you what Jimmy's first week post-op diet is going to be like now so that we can talk surgery on Monday.
Heartland Bariatric Center has designed specialized diets for men and women for each type of surgery they offer. The first week post-op is very similar to his two week pre-op liquid diet with two exceptions. #1 He can't have any full liquids (so no Carnation Instant Breakfast or powdered protein shakes) and he has to have 60-90g protein daily through liquid protein shots.
DAILY
- 60-90g Liquid Protein Shots
- One Cup (8oz.) of 100% fruit juice (Grape must be diluted with water)
- At least 48-64oz. of other liquids (from the allowed liquids list) daily
ALLOWED LIQUIDS
- Water
- Diet V-8 Splash, V-8 juice or Tomato Juice (Not a chance Jimmy will try these)
- Sugar-Free Jell-O
- Sugar-Free Popsicles (Less than 15 calories per serving)
- Fruit 2-O
- Crystal Light (Jimmy was really excited about this one!)
- Diet Snapple (Not a Chance)
- Up to 2 Cups of broth (unlikely)
- Decaf coffee, tea (Not a Chance--I know he's weird, right?)
- Powerade Zero/Gatorade Zero
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| This is 1-42g Protein Shot. Jimmy has to have two of these daily. And from what I hear, they don't taste the best, |
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| A 1 ounce medicine cup for Jimmy to use to measure his liquids |
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| 1 ounce compared to the 32 ounces he could easily be taking in per meal before surgery |
Please continue to keep Jimmy in your prayers. The nice thing about the post-op diet is that Jimmy shouldn't be hungry all the time. However, he will still crave the foods that he used to eat which will make things difficult because he is not supposed to have them--especially while he is healing.
Thank you for all your prayers,
