Our surgery is getting close now; we are scheduled to change Anna’s life on November 9th, less than two weeks away.
I’m trying so hard to prepare and organize my life right now and for my type A personality, that means I have lists everywhere of projects I have to accomplish. I have a list at work, I have a list on my kitchen counter, I have a list on my Blackberry, and I even have a list in my gym bag. I think I need to organize a list for all my lists at this point. My main problem is that I’m trying to foresee and accomplish all my November and December projects - sans Christmas shopping - in advance and I’m becoming exhausted. I’m almost looking forward to the surgery as a good excuse to just lay around and heal and do nothing more.
This week I had a little taste of what’s to come as my mother was here in Portland for surgery herself. She has been living with constant and persistent back issues for a long time now and had a scheduled back surgery this past Tuesday. I’ve never been one to visit people in the hospital before as I’m pretty terrified of those places in general. I’ve gotten much better this year though as I’ve been visiting Anna in the dialysis clinic (which might as well be a hospital in my opinion) and through all the testing at Virginia Mason
Hospital. This week, I figured I should come to support my mother and give myself an additional opportunity for hospital exposure before my surgery.
The problem with visiting my mother in the hospital just weeks before my surgery date is that I couldn’t resist comparing what she was going through with my idea of what I’ll be going through. I saw everything through new eyes. I tried very hard to not scare myself and I think I succeeded at that, but now I’ve also started an entire new list that I keep in my bedroom of all the necessary items I want to pack for my hospital stay.
As we draw closer and closer to getting Anna healthy, we both have some specific things we have to do in preparation for the surgery. Next week (on Halloween none-the-less) I have to go into a local hospital and have another blood draw taken. From what I understand this is the same test that Scott, Anna and I had in August, we are just doing it again one week prior to surgery to confirm our antigen matches so that we know which anti-rejection meds Anna will need post surgery. Since I’m having this test done here in Portland, my blood work will be sent up to Seattle on Wednesday and Anna will have her test done on Thursday.
Scott and I will be heading up to Seattle the following week on Wednesday so that we can be there for a fun-filled day of pre-op work on Thursday. I’ll fill you all in more about what that entails later – let’s just say that I’m expecting to be HUNGRY all day and stuck in a hotel room all night. I was really hoping I’d have a chance to get out and do some shopping downtown for a new pair of shoes to commemorate the donation. Maybe post surgery. I’m thinking I need a pair of cowboy boots to add to my collection.
I’m trying so hard to prepare and organize my life right now and for my type A personality, that means I have lists everywhere of projects I have to accomplish. I have a list at work, I have a list on my kitchen counter, I have a list on my Blackberry, and I even have a list in my gym bag. I think I need to organize a list for all my lists at this point. My main problem is that I’m trying to foresee and accomplish all my November and December projects - sans Christmas shopping - in advance and I’m becoming exhausted. I’m almost looking forward to the surgery as a good excuse to just lay around and heal and do nothing more.
This week I had a little taste of what’s to come as my mother was here in Portland for surgery herself. She has been living with constant and persistent back issues for a long time now and had a scheduled back surgery this past Tuesday. I’ve never been one to visit people in the hospital before as I’m pretty terrified of those places in general. I’ve gotten much better this year though as I’ve been visiting Anna in the dialysis clinic (which might as well be a hospital in my opinion) and through all the testing at Virginia Mason
Hospital. This week, I figured I should come to support my mother and give myself an additional opportunity for hospital exposure before my surgery.The problem with visiting my mother in the hospital just weeks before my surgery date is that I couldn’t resist comparing what she was going through with my idea of what I’ll be going through. I saw everything through new eyes. I tried very hard to not scare myself and I think I succeeded at that, but now I’ve also started an entire new list that I keep in my bedroom of all the necessary items I want to pack for my hospital stay.
As we draw closer and closer to getting Anna healthy, we both have some specific things we have to do in preparation for the surgery. Next week (on Halloween none-the-less) I have to go into a local hospital and have another blood draw taken. From what I understand this is the same test that Scott, Anna and I had in August, we are just doing it again one week prior to surgery to confirm our antigen matches so that we know which anti-rejection meds Anna will need post surgery. Since I’m having this test done here in Portland, my blood work will be sent up to Seattle on Wednesday and Anna will have her test done on Thursday.
Scott and I will be heading up to Seattle the following week on Wednesday so that we can be there for a fun-filled day of pre-op work on Thursday. I’ll fill you all in more about what that entails later – let’s just say that I’m expecting to be HUNGRY all day and stuck in a hotel room all night. I was really hoping I’d have a chance to get out and do some shopping downtown for a new pair of shoes to commemorate the donation. Maybe post surgery. I’m thinking I need a pair of cowboy boots to add to my collection.
1 comments:
now, how did I know that the answer to the question would be shoes? ;-) I'm sure that all of your tests will go well. We're all pulling for you.
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