September 27, 2012

  • The Fastest Preop I Have Ever Gone Through....And Chewlee Cons The Bus Driver

    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    I went in for my preop exam today at 1pm.  The papers were ready for my signature (as well as the little electronic thingy).  I got the bracelet put on me then took the elevator upstairs to the waiting room.  I no sooner sat down when my name was called by a nurse and we went into the area where they do the actual blood-letting, weighing in and the EKG's.  Because I had been in the hospital (and had received the EKG) within the previous 30 days, I didn't have to have another EKG.  AND...because my surgery will not require my being put under a general anesthesia (it's done with locals), I didn't have to meet with an anesthesiologist either.  I got weighed, they checked with me to make sure I had the same meds (we had to add the iron tabs) then drew my blood and I was told I could leave.  They handed me the instructions for both pre-surgery and post-surgery and I was out the door.  I called the Beast on my way out and he left the restaurant with the rest of his food in a doggie bag to pick me up.  We had left the house at 12:30pm to make it to the hospital by 1 (we got there 10 minutes early) and we were home by 2:15pm.  I was shocked when I realized that.  I knew then why the Beast was so shocked that I was done when I called him.

    I have to be at the hospital at 6am on Monday.  Figures, right?  But it means I am the doctor's first patient.  I just hope he's wide awake.    I know *I* won't be.  Heck, I'll probably fall asleep from the IV shot they give me to relax me.  I've did that the last time I had something similar done (just not in my leg).  I was having a colonoscopy and really did fall asleep.    I read everything I was given on my way home (just four pages) and it said if anything more needed to be done, I would then be kept overnight (because of having to keep my leg straight while on my back for six hours).   The Beast has his eye drs. appointment on Monday at 12:30pm but he says their office called four times today while we were gone so we should call to see about changing it anyway...just in case I can't go home right after my surgery.  His appointment isn't a critical one and it won't matter if we move it a day or a couple of days.  The doctor is just going to check to see how the eye has healed from the cataract removal.  It seems just fine.  He's had no problems other than constantly wanting to push glasses up on his nose that aren't there. 

    I got a phone call from the Princess this afternoon telling me not to panic if I didn't have Chewlee dropped off by the bus today.  It seems Chewlee conned the driver into dropping her off at home instead of at my house.  Now the driver has his instructions on just what days she is dropped off here so how she managed to convince a grown man (unless she cried panicky tears) that she was supposed to go home today, we haven't figured out.  He brought her to her house but he honked the horn and wouldn't let her off the bus until the Princess came to the door.  When the Princess found out what happened, she told him it was okay for today and she would drop her off here before work but do NOT, under any circumstances, believe her again.  She said if there was a change of any sore, she would call the school about that.  Of course, we both had talks with her about what she did and why.  She said she thought it was Friday and she goes home on Fridays.  She's right about that but I told her she couldn't have said that to the driver because then he would have known to ignore her because today was NOT Friday.

    So the Princess dropped her off here on her way to work.  I felt kind of bad and a little put out because, for the second day in a row, Sheepie called me to say she was coming over for her measurements to be taken but she didn't show up and she never called either.  Yesterday Chewlee was all excited about seeing Sheepie and very disappointed that she didn't get to see her.  Today I didn't tell her anything but she was hoping that Sheepie might show up so I was glad I hadn't told her she was coming.

    Got to get this posted so I will just say *Love you all* and wish you a great weekend.