If you were a high risk surgery and had low resp rate shouldn`t you be kept on a monitor from surgery to recovery? Also if you had low resp rate should you be given more morphine? 

Respiration (breathing) should be monitored during recovery from surgery. Exactly how a person`s breathing is monitored, how frequently, and for how long will depend on several factors. These factors may include the patient`s age and general medical condition, the type of surgery, and the means of post-surgical pain control. Breathing can be monitored by simply counting the number of breaths per minute, or by more sophisticated electronic monitoring systems such as pulse oximetry. 

Morphine is a drug that is very commonly administered to control pain after major surgery. An unfortunate side-effect of morphine is the suppression of breathing. This is one reason why breathing is monitored after surgery and why oxygen is often given during the recovery period. A low respiratory rate may be a warning sign that too much morphine has been given.