Hello on Thursday

Dear Friends,

Hope that your Wednesday turned out to be a pleasant one. Ours had some twists and turns.

Me taking Linda to an doctor's appointment was a true statement, but it wasn't for a routine check up. Across from our Berkshire Medical Center is a place called the Crane Center. This a place where day surgeries of no more than 30 minutes take place. You go in, have some minor surgery, and you are sent home. Well, it didn't work out that way for Linda on Wednesday. You all know that I like to be at places early, we were at the Center, and were the first in line at 6 AM. After a few minutes, a nurse comes in the waiting room, and gets Linda. Linda gets prepped for surgery which starts a little after 8 AM. She is given a local anesthetic. The procedure was supposed to take about 15 minutes. After surgery, your are given about 30 or 40 minutes of recovery time, and they send you on your way. I see other people going through the way it is supposed to work. A nurse usually comes out and gets family members as their loved one is in recovery. I ask myself, how come no nurse or doctor has come out and gotten me? At a little after 11 AM, a nurse and finally a doctor comes out to tell me why things took so long. During the simple surgery, they discovered that Linda had a hernia, not what they were 95 % sure that she was diagnosed with having. A hernia is no big deal to repair, but the doctor said that if he knew that he was repairing a hernia, he would have done so in the regular hospital. The doctors and nursing staff did say that Linda's surgery made for a very interesting day for all of them at the Crane Center. We finally left the Crane Center at 12:30 PM. We went off to our favorite pharmacy, and picked up some pain medication. We finally arrived home a little after 1 PM.
Because Linda's procedure took longer than planned, every person that had the same doctor who worked on Linda had their surgery delayed. This delay involved at least 7 or 8 people.

When we arrived home, I set Linda up with liquids, pain medication, heating pad, and made her a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch. French toast was her supper time meal.
She dozed on and off until she went to bed.

She woke up at 5 AM today which is highly unusual. She is hurting quite a bit today because hernia surgery requires cutting through muscle. It will take several days before she is pain free.

I did represent the Curley family at a 4 PM wake on Wednesday. You also know that I like to attend wakes early. I went in before 4 PM , and left the wake at a little after 4 PM. At least 10 other people went to through the wake line before I got there.

Today, I will be at Linda's beck and call. I don't do well at care giving, but I will give it a good shot today.

Weather - We have a wintry mix coming in late tonight. It does look like we will get more rain than snow unless the snow / rain line changes.

Did you ever notice that what ever is going on in the world has no relevance when you are dealing with issues of a loved one?

Have a great day at work or play.
You know what the Curley's will be doing.
Talk to you soon. The Curley Lad