Whew!!

I'm glad it all had a happy ending and it sounds like you both weathered
it all in good humor.

You guys are in my thoughts.

Jennifer


MaÇk· wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am writing to tell you all that Nancy MADE IT!! A bit of confusion
> at the first that made for a "funny" day. She is OK, in some pain but
> in her room and doing fine. Full story below, for those who have the
> time <VBEG>. You have been warned!!
>
>
> We were woken up at 7:30am by a phone call from the hospital. Nancy
> was asked if we could be there at 9:00 (her appointment was for 1:00
> with surgery at 2:00.) for a 10:00 surgery. Nancy said we could be
> there at 9:30 (1 hr to get ready , 1/2 hr to get there.) and the
> scheduling nurse said that would be fine. Oh well, what you gonna do?
>
> So we are running around getting ready and ~8:00 they call and
> reschedule to 1:00 surgery time! There was an emergency (pediatric
> auto accident ), so Nancy got 'bumped', fair enough! Oh well, what
> you gonna do? sound familiar?
>
> We show up at 12:00 and followed the signs to the "OUTPATIENT
> Admitting" door. Inside the waiting room are a zillion people, a table
> with an IN box and a telephone. A sign next to the phone says to call
> XXXX for Outpatient Admitting & call XXXY for the Recovery room.
>
> Nancy calls the Admitting # and they tell her that we need to go to
> the other end of the building and take the elevator to another floor
> and go to Admitting. Huummmm this seems odd to us, since we are at the
> admitting location (according to the signs. But off we go. Of course
> the elevator is broken, so we take the stairs. All together now (hands
> raised in Join the Choir motion) "Oh well, what you gonna do?"
>
> OK now we are at the correct place , Admitting, not Outpatient
> Admitting, and Nancy gets admitted. So far so good. A tad confusing,
> but we are doing OK. NOW back to Outpatient Admitting to put our
> paperwork in the IN box and call the phone number. I am starting to
> see the picture here. It is a test to see if you REALLY need this
> surgery! <LOL> Fortunately, ever on the ball, Nancy got us
> there early, so we are fine.
>
> Only about 15 -20 minutes goes bye, just long enough for Nancy to go
> to the bathroom (we have been here a while, eh? or is this TMI???)
> <EG>, and out comes the Miller (He was very nice and professional,
> with a great sense of humor) to take Nancy into the back to get her
> robed and get the IV going. . We chat for a minute and Nancy comes
> back. And Hey! it's only 12:15, right on time for a hospital, right?
>
> OK so 20 minutes (~ 12:35) later and after asking the volunteer to
> check for me I get in to see Nancy in the Pre-OP room. It shouldn't be
> long now! .... ....
> .... (that's time passing, We tell jokes with Miller) ,,,,,, .....
> .... (hey everybody else has rotated out and new people are in all the
> cubicles!)....
> ..... ....( I know, lets play 20 questions)... ... ...OK it is now
> 2:30 and the doctors and Nurses show up, go away, come back a while
> later, I kiss Nancy & she is off to the Operating room at ~3:00.
> Oddly, something about this time sounds familiar, I remember, the
> original appointment was for 3:00!! "Oh well (I know, by now you are
> groaning), what you gonna do?"
>
> I go get lunch, make a few phone calls and come back at ~4:20 , over
> 1/2 hr before the doctor's estimate ("at least 2 hrs"). I wait
> patiently for 45 minutes and then call the recovery #. The person
> tells me that she is in Recovery and should be up in the room in ~ 1/2
> hr. and I can see her there. HMM, I thought the doctor was supposed
> to see me and tell me what is going on. "Oh well,..." By now you know
> the rest. ;-P
>
> I go up and she has a nice little private room for the night. I was
> waiting in her room when she arrived. She feels kinda crappy (as you
> might expect), and says that they underestimated the amount of pain
> :-(
>
> So now she is up in her room sleeping (9:00pm PST). I am home and the
> kitties are a bit cranky, cause they don't understand why we were gone
> and where the heck is 'meow-ma' ???
>
> Quite a tome, eh? glad I gave the end away so you could relax while
> you read this?? hahahha Nancy should be home tomorrow but may not
> feel like getting on the PC, OK, who am I kidding, that's what
> wireless is for, right? SO all together, for the LAST time (I
> promise) "Oh well, what you gonna do?"
>
> Anyway, it's late here so I am off to bed. I know Nancy thanks all of
> you for your kind words and good wishes, as do I. :-)
>
> Geoff
> Nancy
>