APPROVED!

Jan 19, 2011

Today I got the call I've been waiting for.... My insurance has APPROVED me for surgery! It was my last "obstacle" I needed to pass before I could receive surgery. I am so excited! I think I might've screamed when I was on the phone with the lady that called me, lol, but she was happy for me, and told me she knew it would make my day. I love my surgeon's office! They are so awesome!

This call also came on the day I went to my Pre-Admission appointment at the hospital. I found out that I will be having surgery at 12:30pm next Friday 1/28, but that I need to arrive at 8:30am, because they need to get me started on an IV and what not. My mom will be having surgery right before me - though she needs to arrive at 6:15am and her surgery is at 10:15am - so I will have a bit of a wait before I actually go in and get started.

All my vitals were normal, like my pulse, BP, and oxygen levels. Then of course I had to go get MORE blood work done. I have really bad arms (so I've been told my phlebotomists (sp?)) They really have to search to find a good vein. One of the ladies thought she had a good one but after she got the needle in, she had to move the needle around a few times and that hurt so bad! (I'm such a baby, hah). Then thankfully there was another lady there and she tried my right arm and was able to get me on the first shot.

Also, my mom has been in contact with one of the Nurse manager's over at the hospital where we will be having surgery, so we were able to go over there and finally meet her, and she's super nice! She gave us a tour of the Bariatric unit, as well as showed us where we need to go when we arrive for surgery.

All in all it was an excellent day!

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