What am I still doing up at 11:06 pm???

Too much on my mind...and Brittney is expected home in half an hour.  I'm the momma tonight!!!  I'm again reminded of why I'm happy not to have teenagers anymore.

I'm glad husband's pre-op is done and we're ready for the big day Monday at 1 p.m.  But this getting up at 5 a.m. to get there for the 8 a.m. appointment just goes against my non-early-rising body!   Driving on the highway at 6 a.m. husband pointed out that "when we were young, we didn't think twice about getting up at this hour to go fishing!!!"  He was right, of course, but add another 40 years to that "young" and it does 'something' to ya'!!!

The day began at 8 a.m. at University Hospital.
Registration
Then real Registration for Patients with operations
Life history...how much and how long did you smoke?
Blood tests
Urine Tests
Swabs from various regions of ones body
X-ray
Blood pressure
Weight
Height
More life history...how much and how long did you smoke?
Movie of how heart surgery will be and what to expect.
Discussion with surgeon who mentions the 3-4% of all patients who don't make it through surgery...please sign the waiver "here".....
Discussion with physiotherapist (how to breathe, exercise and cough in first 24 hours after surgery, make sure to hold that pillow on your incision........and how much and how long did you smoke?)
Discussion with Anesthatist (what you will see coming out of you when you wake up..tubes in each arm, in neck, in chest...all hitched up to appropriate machines, tubes draining fluids and tubes taking in fluids, the wearing of long stockings to keep circulation happening....and then that nasty little breathing machine....just work with it, says he....the more you fight the machine, the more drugs they will have to give you and the longer you'll be in the hospital)...and the proverbial question....how much and how long did you smoke?

That took 4 and a half hours....the same time it will take the surgery!!!

I am trusting God, actually, to allow this surgery to be successful....He has assigned the surgeon who will make this happen.

OK now I'm gong to attempt sleep.