Angie & Jim

The End of a Long Dayby Jim

I am happy to say I have the pleasure of writing the post from the comfort of my own home.  I was quite surprised this afternoon when the volunteer told me it was okay if I brought the car around.  I had to ask him to repeat himself because I was sure he had gotten something wrong.  I was expecting to be told that I could go and see Angie; the doctor had even said he thought she’d be spending the night.  Turns out, the nurses just asked Angie what she wanted to do and Angie said she wanted to go home, so we did.

Angie looked quite pale when she came out to the car, but once we got home and she could sit comfortably, things were better.  I’m sorry I didn’t post earlier, but I was busy taking care of my sweet wife.

I nearly had a fiasco at the pharmacy with her pain meds.   I went to Rite-Aid at 8:30, just 30 minutes before they close.  The pharmacist told me that they were out of Percoset and that I would have to hurry to the other Rite-Aid in town to get there on time.  He was very apologetic and wanted to make sure I made it before they closed, so he called ahead to give them the heads-up.  He gave me the phone number and sent me on my way.  Angie was due for her next dose and I didn’t want to risk having to go all night without any.  I briskly walked to my car and was pulling out of the parking lot with my cell phone to my ear when I saw a man in a white coat running towards the car.  It was the pharmacist chasing me down to tell me that they had a generic brand he had forgotten to check for.  We went back in and he filled the prescription while I waited.  I was very grateful; I wasn’t sure where the other Rite-Aid was and I would have felt terrible if I had gotten lost trying to find it and had to go home without any meds for Angie.  I realized that the pharmacist could have easily let it slide and let me drive away.  There would have been no way for me to find out that he had something he could have given me.  It is behavior like that that makes me want to frequent a store.  Perhaps we should switch back from our mail-order prescriptions and get them at Rite-Aid.  They certainly deserve it.

In Recoveryby Jim

Dr. Spain just came out to chat with me.  He said the procedure went along just fine.  Angie is currently in the recovery room and I haven’t seen her yet.  The doctor also said that Angie was talking all during the surgery (“yapping away,” as he put it).  This surprised me because I though they were going to sedate her.  He explained that although they sedated her, she still was awake and talking — though she won’t remember any of it after she comes to.  I’m really curious now what she was talking about…

Under the Knifeby Jim

Angie and I drove out to Stanford this morning and arrived at about 9:20.  She is currently in the operating room and should be finished in about 30 minutes.  So far everything has been going well.  She was in good spirits going in.  The nurse that took Angie back got a good laugh when, after asking her to, Angie literally “jumped” on the scale to weigh her.  She said she’s been doing this for years and no one had ever done that before.

I’ll keep posting as the news comes.

For those of you not aware of today’s surgery, it isn’t a serious one and was fully anticipated, so no worries are warranted.