Friday, August 18, 2006

2 short nights, 2 long days: Getting to the operation

Wednesday August 16
about 4:00 am finally get to sleep
9:30 am arrive at work
5:30 pm leave work to drive to Montréal
7:00 pm pull over at the Trenton Rest Stop for a nap; I was ready to sleep at the wheel
8:30 pm wake up and drive off again
10:30 pm I had to pull off the road, to make a couple of calls stretch and look at the stars, I could see the Milky Way, big dipper little dipper, Pegasus (and Sagetarius I think)
10:32 pm a shooting star lights up the sky, I made a wish

Thursday August 17
1:30 am arrive in Oka
5:50 am alarm sounds, in a fog I hit the snooze button, Pace doesn't get up either
6:30 am: lots of running around and expletives
7:30 am: Rush Hour Traffic Jam
7:45 am: We arrive at the hospital
11:00 am: I kiss Pace goodbye as she goes to surgery
11:30 am: Surgery starts
12:30 pm: I nap in the car
3:00 pm: I get the room number and move Pace's stuff in
5:45 pm: Surgery ends 6.25 hours later
5:45 pm - 9:00pm: I hang out in the hospital room waiting for Pace or the Doctor
9:00 pm: The nurse tells me all is well and the operation was conducted as planned
9:15 pm: I have to leave to pick up the wee one from the baby sitter
11:00 pm: I call the nurses station and they tell me she is in a lot of pain but on a morphine drip and sleeping
Sometime after 11:00pm I fall into a deep sleep.

I'm thankful that we are into the second stage of healing!

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