Surgery Updates February 22, 2021

February 22, 2021

 8:22 am pdt
Alright friends. Today's the day. I'm taking Amanda in for surgery now. Will post updates as available.

 9:53 am pdt
Dropped her off a bit ago. She was expected to stay overnight, but now they're saying she may be able to come home tonight.

 12:48 pm pdt
Just heard about 15 min ago she's through nuclear medicine and waiting on anesthesia. Procedure is expected to take 4 hours and end around 6:30, so i assume they're starting at 2:30. She is very thirsty and hungry, since she hasn't been allowed anything, not even water, since midnight, but otherwise is doing well so far. I doubt if I'll hear any more updates from this point until surgery finishes.

 2:12 pm pdt
They're about to take her into surgery. She says her hospital gown is warm and toasty. They've certainly improved hospital gown technology since i last had surgery in 1999.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2:13 pm pdt
Meanwhile Zuul is velcro dogging me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 2:30 pm pdt
They've taken her in to surgery.

 3:46 pm pdt
The hospital just called to inform me that surgery began 10 minutes ago. They are now estimating about two hours for the entire procedure and will call me when it's finished.

 6:21 pm pdt
I just talked to one of the surgeons. Amanda is out of surgery and headed for the recovery room. Everything went well and there were no big surprises. They will be keeping her overnight, as originally intended; the admitting nurse was mistaken when she said Amanda could go home today. I'll post more after i get a chance to talk to her directly.

 7:34 pm pdt
Just talked to Amanda on the phone. She's very tired and wasn't able to say much, but she was awake. It was good to hear from her. I'm a little more relaxed now than i've been all day. The nurse said they're still waiting for a room to put her in, once they have that she will call me back and give me the room number and direct phone line to Amanda.

 9:02 pm pdt
The nurse just called, they're moving her up to the room now and getting her settled in for the night. I have the direct phone numbers for both the room and the nurse who will be taking care of her tonight. She'll be getting her cell phone and other possessions brought to her shortly, but she will likely be zonked out on painkillers and resting for the remainder of the evening, so i don't expect to hear from her until tomorrow. The nurse i talked to the last couple times says she's "a tough cookie."