Getting ready ...

I've been busy getting things ready at home and work. I started to get a cold mid-week and ended up missing work on Friday because of it. I'm doing a little better today, but this needs to clear up before surgery ... they are picky about sniffles or illness. I have been pumping the liquids, vitamin C, fruits/veggies, etc.

I meet with the STL orthopod at 8:15am on Monday morning and will then learn of the surgery time/location for Tuesday. Can you believe they always wait until the day before surgery to tell you this? I am very ready to get on with this. There is nothing new with the wound area in the past two weeks ... still draining, lots of scar tissue in the area. The skin all around it is irritated - it is almost like it desires to close, but can't ... it is "stuck" to say the least. I'll be off work next week Tues.-Thursday and will take Friday off, if needed. May 9th will be my last day at work and then I'll be off for 4-5 weeks.

I called to the TX hospital and asked them what I needed to have Internet access from the hospital room. I got the hospital "ring around" on the phone and nearly everyone that answered the phone was Spanish sounding. I resorted to sending an e-mail to the TX surgeon and asked him the question. He wrote back and said that he'd never been asked that before & didn't know the answer, but he'd find out for me. I had to have been the youngest patient there the last time, so I'm sure there are not many Internet hospital bed users.

Pray for cold symptoms to disappear, surgeon skill on Tuesday, no nausea and good rest between now and Tuesday morning.

je