5/4/11

May 04, 2011

Oh my goodness, so much has happened over the past few days!  I got a call last Thursday, letting me know that my surgery would be on June 24th.  I was so excited to finally have my date.  I started arranging things for that time, letting people know that I would not be available, telling friends & family, etc.  Well, I got another call this Monday.  It was Megan, Dr. Sudan's Admin. Assistant.  She was calling to let me know that there had been a cancellation and was giving me the opportunity to have my surgery sooner.  Awesome!  When?  NEXT WEEK!!!  AHHHHH!  I asked her to give me a little while to make sure we could work everything out to make that happen.  The next day, I called her back and I accepted the date!  May 12th, next Thursday.  That's when I'll be getting my switch!

I've been extremely busy since I got that call.  I had to let a few people know that things had changed and had to work out which dates my husband would have to take off from work and see if his time off would be approved.  Thankfully, there's FMLA so there wasn't an issue.  He has 2 weeks of vacation he can take after my surgery and, if necessary, he can take time off unpaid after that because of FMLA.  His parents will be coming down on the 3rd week after surgery to help me with the kids and cooking, etc.  That's the week that my husband plans on going back to work.  I also had to book a hotel for my husband and kids to stay at while I am in the hospital.  That was a bit more difficult that I expected.  Did you know that you can ask for a medical rate at many hotels?  I didn't so I'm glad I asked Megan (at Dr. Sudan's office) about it.  Courtyard Marriott offers a rate of $79/night!  That's where I tried to book but they couldn't offer me that rate for as many nights as I needed.  That's when I started calling around to other hotels in the area.  They offered medical rates but were either full or couldn't offer me the discount for the nights I needed.  Come to find out, Duke graduation is going on that weekend!  I finally found a room about 25 minutes south of the hospital.  That's not ideal but it's the best I could find. 

I don't know why, but I have had the urge to purge and get my house in order.  Yesterday I went through the kids' clothes.  I had a stack of outgrown clothes on the extra bed in my daughter's room, 2 bins of outgrown clothes (both my son's and my daughter's) in her room, a bin of my son's clothes and shoes downstairs and a bin full of toys that we want to get rid of.  Well, Monday evening, a charity that we like to donate to called us and said they would have a truck in the area next Monday.  They asked if we had any items to donate and I said, "Heck yeah!"  So I spent all day yesterday bagging stuff up for friends and for charity.  That was a big job but I got it all done and out of the way.  It will all be out of my house by Monday morning!  I'm so excited to get rid of it all!  Today, I ran to Target to pick up a few things.  I had been meaning to get a new kitchen trash can so I did that, I finally got some banker's boxes for some old files I had been meaning to purge and I spent the evening doing that.  I now have a clean desk but a pile of stuff to shred.  I'm not too worried about the shredding right now.  I can have my son help me with that another time.  He likes to shred. ;) 

I purchased my pill organizer and protein samples online earlier this week and I received the pill organizer and one box of protein samples today.  I bought snacks for the kids to have during our "trip," some sugar free drink mixes so I can be sure to get my water in and a personal fan to keep me cool in the hospital.  I'm hot natured and the last thing I want is to be hot while I'm already uncomfortable.  I guess this is the equivalent to nesting before a birth.  I really feel like I'm nesting. 

I have to go for pre-op appointments on both Friday and Monday.  That really sucks because I live 2.5 hours away from the doctor's office so that's 10 hours of driving, total, over those 2 days.  Friday will be my appointment w/Dr. Sudan and my hospital pre-op stuff (anesthesia interview, etc.)  Monday will be "group."  I have no idea what to expect on that day.  I've never been to a support group of any kind.  Oh well, there's a first for everything!

I've got lots more to do over the next few days but I plan on taking it very easy this weekend.  Can't wait to relax a little!

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