I checked on Kai this morning before my heart catheterization and he is doing great. He was eating better this morning, faster than I have seen him eat so far. The doctors said they were thinking about discharging him tomorrow morning. I don't think he is ready for that. I told the nurse that I wanted Kai to be able to come over and see me tomorrow before my surgery and I would like his discharge to wait until after I get thru my surgery. She said since he has a long drive home, they don't like to release him late in the day, so she asked me if Wednesday would be ok. I said that would be even better. So, I hope they will wait until Wednesday. I was only able to be there a little over an hour this morning before I had to head to Barnes.
Everything started about 9:30, but it took a long time to get prepped for it. I am not really sure what time it all took place. Even though they gave me Versaid and Fentinyl with a local anesthestic around my femoral artery, it still hurt like hell. I think they were using a harpoon instead of a catheter. Then after all that, the person who took it out had to apply pressure for 10 minutes to stop the bleeding. When I say pressure, I mean like sitting a car on my right femoral artery. I know, that will be nothing compared to the truck that will be sitting on my chest tomorrow after surgery.
They said I could go over and see Kai tonight, so I will probably put on some sweats and go over there to see him.
My surgery is scheduled for 7:30 tomorrow. The Dr said they would come get me from my room bout 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning. My mom & Jim are already here and are going to stay at Haven House w/ Bryan tonight, so they will have to be here pretty early tomorrow. I'm glad I get to sleep most of the day tomorrow.
I talked to one of the doctors today about photos tomorrow and he said to bring the camera and talk to them tomorrow. I told him that Dr Moon said the anesthesiologist would do it and told him about Kai's anesthesiologist. He knows her and said he likes her too. He said, "well, our people probably won't be that perky." I thought that was pretty funny. The nurses at the Children's Hospital had already warned me that the staff at Barnes weren't nearly as nice as at Children's :-) My male nurse here is pretty funny. He had me figured out in the first 10 minutes. When my mom walked in, he said, "are you her mom?" My mom said, "yes". He said, "Oh, I'm sorry!" He's a hoot. Dr Braverman just stopped in to see me and wish me luck and told me he would be back to see me after the surgery. Dr Moon came to see me right after the cath. There have been several other doctors in and out, but I don't remember who they are or what they are for.
Ok, I am going to finish watching my Young & Restless and go see Kai, then before bed, I am going to watch my other Cheech & Chong "Still Smokin". So, the next blog you will get will be from Bryan. I have showed him how to access it and up date it and if we get photos, I have also showed him how to download them from the camera to the computer and upload to the web.
So, ta ta for now. It will be an early day!
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