Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Surgery day.
No food or drink/water since midnight.
Showered both last night and this morning with special antibacterial soap.
Dressed is very lose fitting clothes.
My wife drives me to the hospital for day surgery. We use the valet parking for one less thing to worry/think about. We work our way to the surgery floor, check in, and wait. Very nervously wait. It was clear I didn’t apply any underarm deodorant. Nervous sweating… thank goodness I was wearing a dark colored top.
Name called. Crutches activated. Pre-op room achieved. Nice nurses. IV started. It hurt a little… but good job! Loving the fact I can ‘joke’ with the nurses.
Boot removed… foot revealed.
Swelling. Still aches.
Visit from the anesthesiologist. Questions asked and answered. They leave.
The ortho surgeon arrives. Same questions asked and answered.
Time to wait.
About an hour later, the anesthesiologists return… I give my wife a kiss. Feeling ‘the burn’ as the propofol is being administered. I remember being wheeled out of the Pre-Op room heading to the OR… talking with the staff… the doors of the OR open… and I’m out.
Time: 11:45AM.
The next thing I remember… being told it’s around 3PM. In the recovery room. I fall back asleep. I casually wake up… told it’s 4PM. I’m having a tough time waking up… but I’m slowly gathering my ‘wits’.
Told surgery was a success. My wife comes into the recovery room and given the take home instructions.
5PM… Finally cleared recovery protocol… time to go home.
Recovery time starts NOW.
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