Reader’s!

How are you this Tuesday? Is it raining or is the sun out shinning like it is here in the ATL. My day started as is always does by getting up and getting The Boy reading for school and Timber, Panny and Simon fed. I was in a hurry today since I had a 9am appointment at the hospital for my pre-op. My Mom and Dad came into town yesterday for my surgery. Mom came with me to the hospital and my Dad stayed at Hotel Yorba and did work, went for a run and played ball with Timber.

Mom hanging out in one of the waiting rooms.

Mom and I first went up to Dr. P.’s office and talked to his secretary, Cindy (who is super nice) before heading down the Pre-Op area. I signed in at the main desk and they then sent me to another desk. Before I got the main pre-op area, I had been to four desks to “check in”. Everyone in that hospital had to know I was there.

Ready to squeeze

Ouch

I was weighted, blood pressure and heart rate was taken. I was then sent back out to wait. They had HGTV on the TV so it wasn’t so bad waiting. Soon I was called back in. I had two RN’s taking care of me. One went through my health history, medications and the “to do” and “not do” before surgery. The other took four vials of my blood, had me go pee in a cup and preformed my EKG.

EKG

After having to take off everything from the waist up, it took the RN about 2 minutes to place the ten sticker things and hooked me up to ten wires of the EKG machine. She the turned around to the machine. I was still answering health questions, when she turned right back around and started taking the wires and stickers off. I thought that maybe something had gone wrong. I asked “Was that it?” thinking she was going to start over. But it was! All she had to do was push one button and that was it! It took twice as long to get me ready than to take the test. Crazy!

After that we went down to radiology and checked in (again!) for my chest x-ray. I waited for about 5 minutes and was called back to one of the coldest rooms I have ever been in. Again, I had to take off my top and bra and put on a gown. Chilly!!! They took and x-ray of my front and one of my left side. We then headed back up to Dr. P.’s office. We had a very short wait and then saw his PA, Robert. To be honest, I really don’t know why I met with him. I didn’t have to sign anything, he didn’t tell me anything new and I had no questions. Ok. Overall, Mom and I got out of there under three hours. Not too bad!.

My Man and I will be at the hospital at 6am tomorrow and my surgery should start around 7:30am. I am the first surgery of the day! Dr. P. said the surgery should last 1-2 hours. I will have a drainage tube put in on my right side. Depending on how it drains (gross I know), I could be released sometime Thursday.  I will also have a morphine drip with a button I will get to push. Fun!!  I don’t think I will have my computer with me, so it maybe a few days before I post again.

I want to thank everyone for their love and prayers. They mean so much to me and my family. I believe that even though not very talkative, social or punctual, Dr. P. is a very good surgeon and I am in good hands.

Talk to you soon!