urine bag capacity - #15038
I am really confused about this whole urine bag capacity thing. A couple weeks ago, I had surgery and now I’m dealing with this catheter and urine bag. The thing is, I’m not really sure what the normal urine bag capacity is supposed to be, right? The doctor mentioned something before about it only being full when it’s at like 500 milliliters or something. But honestly, I keep thinking, is that even true?? Like just last night, mine got filled to the brim, and I had to drain it out because it was just getting way to heavy! I felt a little embarrassed asking the nurses, like, how much is too much, you know? My mom says that it should hold more than that, but I’m not sure if she's got it right. I mean, is there specific urine bag capacity I should look out for? Like, if it fills up before the 500ml mark, does that mean something could be wrong? I'm worried about infections too cause I heard those can happen when you mess with these bags, ugh! It’s just all so new and overwhelming, and I really wanna make sure everything’s working like it should be. Any advice about what the usual urine bag capacity should be and what I should do if I think mine is off would be super helpful!
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