I hope and pray that tomorrow at this time I will be in my private room at the hospital having gotten through the surgery and starting my recovery. Maybe I will have gotten on my feet and walked to a bathroom. Maybe I will get a meal. I hope I will be not in a lot of pain and I hope I will be lucid! I hope Jim will be at my bedside. So I just need to get through the next 24 hours!
I was very happy to get a phone call from the hospital even before the 12-6 time slot when they said they would call with the time of surgery. That had worried me. What if it got to be 6 pm and I didn’t hear from anyone? Then what? But the time is 10:20 with arrival at 8:20. This is good—not too early and not so late that fasting will be difficult.
We decided to make a trial run to the hospital to find the East Entrance and the P1 Parking Lot. We did so easily.
Now for a shower and the anti-biotic wipes we have to use all over my body. There are six of them and six illustrations of which body parts are for each one. Apparently one feels sticky afterwards. I am not looking forward to this and wonder why this is needed. But I will comply. Then I will pack a bag and as that always stresses me when I travel, I wonder too what I must have with me. I am making a list and adding to it as I think of things—ear plugs, for example!
No food after midnight. Drink lots until 6:20 and then no more. I don’t think I will stay awake to drink. I hope I get some sleep tonight in spite of my stress but if I don’t, they will put me to sleep in the operating room.
I have been thankful for my friends who are praying for me and for a couple of friends who have offered meals. I thought of a friend who went through chemotherapy and surgery and said she envisioned all those who were praying for her standing in the room as she went through each procedure. I hope I can do the same. That should be encouraging.
I wrote a note to Joe, the owner of the salon, who cut my hair for me. A good haircut makes me feel confident going into the hospital-
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