Surgery

Today is surgery day. Although I had to be nil by mouth and not report to the hospital until 12:30pm, I had nothing else to do in the morning, so rather than waste sick days, I carried on teaching this morning and then walked up the road to the hospital (about a 5-minute walk!) when required. Thus, why I have my laptop with me.

Talk about being a nurse patient and knowing how to push the limits 😎

I am all checked in, room allocated and now I sit and wait.

Been seen by the anaesthetist and the surgeon and just been told of a slight delay. Not much I can do about that.

My nursing was actually in the operating theatre for 20 years, so I totally understand all and everything to do with surgery and running of the department. I have scrubbed for many different specialties and have seen the inside of the body from the top of the head to the top of the big toe. I have helped to fix it, move it, remove it, replace it and generally anything to do with any part of the body, with the exception of cardiac and lungs, I have only scrubbed for one cardiac emergency case in my time, otherwise I have seen the inside of all of the body and it still fascinates me and amazes me at the miracle of what it does for our whole life. Even if it does go wrong occasionally and need bits removed 😇

I have lost count of the number of times I have scrubbed for this operation I am having today - Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, so I know exactly how and what is going to happen. (Not sure if that is a good or a bad thing 😐)