Today was supposed to be my surgery day but..... We get to the hospital at 5:00am, wait until 5:30 to register. We register but the person registering us gets a phone call saying they did not have me on the schedule. Talk about being mad and experiencing just about every other emotion you can think of, I was just beside myself, so was my wife. They paged the surgeon to see why my surgery was cancelled and he calls back and says he does not know. So we had to drive back home and wait until the office opens at 8 to see why it was cancelled. We leave a message and about 9:00 the surgeon calls us and apologizes profusely. He said someone in the OR scheduling screwed up and bumped me for no reason. So going to try it again this coming Monday. I am not happy as I am sure you all know how much preparation you have to go through, especially mentally to go through this process. The funny thing is my first surgery in Chicago back in 2009 was very similar, got ready, did all the prep for my surgery on that Monday, but late Sunday night the surgeon calls and says he is stuck in Boston in a blizzard so will have to postpone the surgery for the next day. Can't believe it happened again!!! But at least we were called the day before unlike this time no one called! So back to waiting again.
I had my valve replaced on May 27th.
First I was scheduled for May 3rd but insurance hadn't approved one test yet.
Rescheduled for May 23rd. That was postponed due to the surgeon having a lot of emergency surgeries that day.
Next up was May 24th. Nope, surgeon had personal issue and told me it was ok to have his associate do the surgery.
Had to do pre testing again, covid test again and meet new surgeon.
Finally was scheduled for May 27th.
And I wonder why I am not feeling so good mentally
I have to remind myself that this surgery is a lot on the body and mind.
Hoping for the best for all of us!