Surgery

Nov. 22nd - Surgery Day!

8:45 - check in/sign forms/pay bills
9:05 - bathroom run
9:10 - walk to pre-op room and get all pre-op-y
9:15 - chat with the really friendly nurse and joke about Thanksgiving dinner.
9:30 - get IV and nearly pass out.
9:35 - surgeon meets with us and reviews procedure. Writes "YES" with a sharpie on the knee with the torn ACL. (they really do that!)

10:00 - walks to operating room, kisses wife goodbye.
10:15 - wife sits in waiting room nervously.
10:18 - wife busts out the yarn and crochet hook and finishes up a scarf while watching a movie on her iPod.
10:35 - nice lady brings a basket with yummy treats to wife (who is hungry, but too nervous to leave the waiting room in case something goes terribly wrong.)
11:15 - wife checks the clock every 30 seconds wondering what is taking so long.
11:30 - surgeon calls wife back and informs her the surgery was a success, and he should wake up within 30-45 minutes.
11:45 - wife moves to post-op waiting room and for a nurse to take her back.
12:30 - still no news. wife reads a magazine in the waiting room from March 2004.
1:30 - wife is getting really nervous...what is taking so long?
2:00 - nurse gets wife, brings her to husband.
2:05 - husband is totally out of it and looks green.
2:15 - wife makes sure husband is okay, then leaves to get a quick lunch from the cafeteria.
2:30 - husband is still okay, meets with the physical therapist.
2:32 - husband throws up; physical therapist leaves.
2:33 - nurse administers Zofran; husband feels better.
3:15 - husband is released, wheeled out to car.

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So now you know how our day went! Morgan doesn't remember most of it...he was pretty loopy! We were both very impressed with the hospital and their staff...everyone was so accommodating and very friendly. :) I highly recommend TOSH (The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital) for anyone needing orthopedic care. I also highly recommend the cafeteria in the hospital. The food was soooo good.

want to know what's funny? this was taken before surgery and before any drugs were administered. That just shows you how out of it he really was all day. ;)