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Surgery is set for 1/9. Spoke to the Cardio who scheduled me to come to the hospital for check in 1/8 at 7am! So early! I'm in shock. They will do cardiac cath and then mitral valve replacement the next morning at 5am (do these Dr.'s never sleep?).
Now this is getting just a bit toooo real and I'm starting to panic. I don't even like hospitals. I mean, what am I supposed to do all day between the cath and the surgery the next day, worry? Bring my laptop and try to hack into a wireless network to go online? Read a book (yeah, right, I can't concentrate when worried...)? Chill out to some tunes on the old iPod? AAAACCCCCKKKK!!!
Like, am I supposed to pack a toothbrush, an overnight bag? How does this work? The only (2) times I've ever been in a hospital I've been quite busy being in labor and afterwards had a new baby to cuddle with. This sucks! I so totally don't [[DO!]] want to do this. EEEaaakkkk!!
I really, really, really, can't stand this waiting. Just cut me open now if that's what you have to do but I just can't wrap my head around the preparation stuff. I'm a list maker, I've got a list called "surgery" in iPrioritize.com, scares the %$# out of me every time I look at it. I bought a 'cough pillow' am shopping for a wedge pillow for my bed, darn it I just can't believe I'm going to be incapacitated in a week and a half!
I swear the nicest thing that I ever had happen in a hospital was after baby #1 when some lady (the pink shirts or something like that) came by and gave me a nail file. I'd broken just about every nail the day before in labor, I was in heaven just having that file to bring me back to what began to feel like normal.
What did you all bring to the hospital with you for distraction/comfort/etc?
Now this is getting just a bit toooo real and I'm starting to panic. I don't even like hospitals. I mean, what am I supposed to do all day between the cath and the surgery the next day, worry? Bring my laptop and try to hack into a wireless network to go online? Read a book (yeah, right, I can't concentrate when worried...)? Chill out to some tunes on the old iPod? AAAACCCCCKKKK!!!
Like, am I supposed to pack a toothbrush, an overnight bag? How does this work? The only (2) times I've ever been in a hospital I've been quite busy being in labor and afterwards had a new baby to cuddle with. This sucks! I so totally don't [[DO!]] want to do this. EEEaaakkkk!!
I really, really, really, can't stand this waiting. Just cut me open now if that's what you have to do but I just can't wrap my head around the preparation stuff. I'm a list maker, I've got a list called "surgery" in iPrioritize.com, scares the %$# out of me every time I look at it. I bought a 'cough pillow' am shopping for a wedge pillow for my bed, darn it I just can't believe I'm going to be incapacitated in a week and a half!
I swear the nicest thing that I ever had happen in a hospital was after baby #1 when some lady (the pink shirts or something like that) came by and gave me a nail file. I'd broken just about every nail the day before in labor, I was in heaven just having that file to bring me back to what began to feel like normal.
What did you all bring to the hospital with you for distraction/comfort/etc?