Today was the day I went in to get surgery for a bladder stone. Nothing to eat after midnight. Nothing to drink after six in the morning. Go to the hospital hungry and thirsty. Get changed into the official garb. Lie back and answer a hundred questions for the third time.
Time to put in the intravenous line. A needle into the back of the hand… oops. A needle into the back of the hand… oops. Call over another nurse: a needle into the back of the hand… oops. Try the other hand, needle goes in, a hush comes over the nursing staff, hurray, they struck oil.
Now 9:30, time to sit back and wait for the operating room to open up at 10:30… 11:30… Wife wakes me up for my snoring is interfering with the electronics… 12:00… 12:30… Ah, here comes the doctor, “sorry Mr. Raymond, we have to postpone your operation for another day.”
Hmm… fully prayed up by friends and family and when the time comes there is no dance. So, grab something to drink, swallow some painkillers, eat a sandwich and let out an enormous burp that echoed down the hallways of the hospital. Got dressed and went home.
Should have guessed, April 1st, April Fools Day.
So much fun I think I will do this again… soon.
ps: My thanks to all those who prayed for me.
crud.
:S