Pre-Op Testing Done .....

The pre-op testing is now done and we are “good to go” for Monday, Sept. 28th at 7:30am. We have to be at the Center for Advanced Medicine (downtown) at 5:30am on Monday and it is a strong 40 minutes from our house. We’ll be up with the birds on Monday. I was reminded again today of why I’d never choose to have surgery at a large hospital … if you aren’t sick when you walk in, you probably will be when you leave. I am so glad that we will be in there early and hopefully outta there by late morning. Everything gets back up with time if you are a later case, so thankfully that won’t be a problem.

The nurse that helped with the pre-op testing said that I knew more about anesthesia and surgery than any of the hundred patients she had seen today … no surprise there. After this long, something is wrong if I don’t know about it! She laughed and laughed at my ”handout” that listed all the surgeries and my anesthetic chart of what works for me. I certainly wasn’t going to write it all out by hand or I’d have been there another hour. The nurse also said that Dr. B is a spectacular surgeon – good to hear once again.

Decided to pass on getting a pedicure this week, but I’ll do it myself. I don’t need some sudden infection from the nail tools. I had to purchase two new batteries for the scooter today – somewhat of a bummer because I hope to sell it at some point & didn’t really want to invest more in it, but such is life. I will be glad that I have it next week.

My staff can’t believe that I’m going to come back to work the day after the surgery, but Dr. B said that I could. If I don’t feel well, I’ll make a phone call and can bump it back a day. I have a million things to do before kiddos arrive the following week.

Thankful that all is in place & am so looking forward to the next step.

Off for a snack of apple slices & caramel dip ….
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