Long Day

Jay had his surgery today. It started out by having to be at the hospital by 8am (better than the original time of 6:30am). Then a whole lot of sitting around until noon when he was finally taken in for surgery. I left at this point, assured by the doctor that he would call me once Jay was out of surgery. I decided to go over and visit with my sister and nephews while he was in surgery and recovery. I expected that the whole process would take maybe 2 to 2 1/2 hours. I started to get a little concerned by about three o'clock so I called the hospital and they assured me that he wasn't back in his room yet. So I said okay, the doctor will call me once he is done in recovery. He didn't call...I called the hospital again at 4:30pm and was told that Jay was back in his room.

I went back and he was in a lot of pain. I felt so bad for him. I thought they would pump him full of lots of morphine and demerol so he wouldn't feel the pain. I suppose they have their limits on how much they can give him. While I was there this evening he received two doses of morphine. The first one didn't seem to touch anything, but by the time the second one got into his system he was starting to feel a little loopy and thought it might be best if I left him and maybe he could get some sleep. I hope after his poor sleep last night he will be able to get some rest in the hospital.

He was hoping that he would have a private room, but he does have a roommate. However his roomie was VERY quiet this evening and for the first while Jay said he didn't even realize there was someone on the other side of the curtain. So maybe it won't be so bad. I just reminded him this evening that he should be thankful that the old lady down the hall wasn't his roommate. I feel bad for her, she was confused and was yelling about wanting to go home and when I left she was yelling over and over for Benny to come and take her home. The nurse said there was another older woman patient who was trying to escape the ward. Must be quite the interesting place to work.

I have to go to work tomorrow so I hope Jay will be able to get some rest. I always find it quite ironic how loud hospitals are, when people really need their quiet and rest. I am planning to take him a bag of goodies (ear plugs, hot sauce, books, etc) tomorrow morning, so I guess if he can't rest, at least he can keep himself occupied.