For today’s Thursday Thirteen, I thought I would share with you some of the things that are unpleasant about having a spouse that has the first slot on the surgery schedule.
1. It is really dark at 5 am.
2. Even after not eating or drinking for only 8 hours, the spouse is still kinda cranky.
3. The spouse doesn’t sleep very well the night before surgery. Couple that with not eating or drinking, additional crankiness.
4. It’s March in Chicago. That means it’s still winter. Guess how warm it is at 5 am?
5. Since we had somewhere to be this morning, of course it rained and sleeted last night, meaning the roads were icy.
6. Hospital coffee.
7. There was a television in the waiting room. Surgery started at about 9 am. That TV was controlled by the nurses. That meant The View as on.
8. It’s really hard to nap in hospital waiting room chairs.
9. After surgery, spouse is still cranky, still sleepy, and now high.
10. Spouse had a nerve block on her arm for the surgery. This nerve block worked so well the entire arm decided to be numb and nonfunctional. Imagine trying to help someone get dressed where one limb is the equivalent of a warm licorice whip.
11. Spouse coming down off of general anesthesia will try to talk to you on the ride home. It won’t always be in English. Or language.
12. Reading 200 pages of the novel I’m reading and not remembering any of them.
13. Spouse wakes up about the time we get home. You know, about the time I’m ready for a nap.
Good night, everybody!
LOL! ~hugs~, hon. Hang in there!
Thanks for sharing! I feel better about my day. Best wishes for you both, too!