before surgery in the morning.
1) My mother-in-law drove out this afternoon to stay the week with our children. Let's pray that all goes well on the home front.
2) My wife has agreed to keep this blog updated as an on-the-spot reporter during my surgery and the immediate aftermath. Let's give Carla a big warm welcome to Steve's Cancer Blog.
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4) We check into Huntsman Cancer Hospital tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock. Surgery starts at 8 o'clock. The surgeon expects a 3 1/2 hour procedure under normal circumstances. I should be out and ready for lunch by noon. Oh, wait. Lunch is now several days away. I've been on a clear liquid diet all day today. Tomorrow I'll switch to IV drip lines and ice chips. I can hardly wait.
Now, as a friend of mine said at work this week, "Let's nip this thing in the butt!"
We spent a good deal of time in PCMC today having Audrey's tonsils and adenoids out (yeah, 30 min. surgery, don't mean to rub it in...). But it has given me a new appreciation for how its not fun to have surgery but how much effort people go to to make you as comfy as possible and how much families of patients LOVE and worry and LOVE their family members who go under the knife...
ReplyDeleteKris told me the other day that tomorrow is the big day and you (and your family) have been on my mind ever since. Can we get on the bringing dinner bandwagon? Maybe someone can let me know... At any rate, we sure love you guys and you're in our prayers! See if they can give you flavored ice chips... ;) They do slushies for post tonsil kiddos...
My good wishes and prayers are always with you and your family. I like the flavored ice chips for you. Isn't your color blue? Who do we need to call to order that? Love you brother! Lauri
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