My Father is home finally

Hello all.
Well exactly one week after his colon re-section my Father was released from the hospital. What a nightmare week it has been. It all started the evening of his surgery at about 8:00pm when he developed what he calls un-describeable pain and the nurse told him that he should use his PCA pump. He did (6 doses in 4 hours). No relief. He then begged the nurse to call his doctor which she said she did (we later found out that was not the case.) Long story short No relief from the pain at all. The day nurse came on and my Father could see them whispering out of the corner of his eye and pointing to him (never a good sign) and he was basically ignored that entire shift (OH and I forgot this is in a constant care room). Finally at 3:00 when my Mother almost lost it with this nurse she went to get the Floor nurse who decided to turn my Father on his side and guess what the epidural had become dislodged which is why he was in so much pain. His back was taped up so he could not feel the wetness that had accumilated on his matress pad. Also the night nurse had disconnected his PCA pump and not remember to re connect it. So by 4:00 pm he was finally resting comfortably. All went well until Monday when he developed an infection (which they were quite on top of). So needless to say not a walk in the park for him but it is over and now its on to the results. His dr has agreed to remove the staples on Tuesday and told him he will call if the results are good before then if not he will go over them in office Tuesday. I wish he had not done that.
I want to let anyone who maybe in the process of having to go for a colon resection know that I did not want to tell this story as it may scare some. However I did because I want you all to be made aware that we were told in there should be minimal pain after surgery. If there is there is something that needs to be checked and corrected.
Paula