Well I Made It

Had to be at St. Lukes Hospital on Wednesday at high noon to prepare for the 1:30 surgery. This particular surgery was to be performed by a robot( for those of you that are interested google Da Vinci Robotic) and had been highly recommended as it is the least evasive and recovery time is cut in half. I went to sleep at 1:20 and woke up 7 1/2 hours later. Then I had to have the typical hospital night rest, every two hours someone is waking you up to take your vitals. Some rest. The next morning at 10 the doctor came in to see how I was doing and said I could go home. This was unreal, less than one day in the hospital for major surgery. I of course jumped at this chance. By the time "The Madge" got to the hospital and we were given the all post operation instructions and goodies (slippers, gauze, urinals etc etc) it was 4 PM. Things were still looking real good. The doctor had given us two prescriptions, an antibiotic and pain medicine, Madge said she would get them filled the next day. I think it was about 7:30 when the train came roaring down the tracks and hit me head on. I didn't realize that I HAD been on pain medicine and it was wearing off. Too late now to go to the drug store so let Jimmy grin and bear it. My stomach was now bloated, more than normal, and it felt as though a steel tipped boot was kicking me the entire night. Since I also have a catheter, I had to keep checking it to make sure I didn't go over the brim. This was not pleasant. The Madge did get to the drug store this morning so everything is once again mellow.