Ok, I lied last night...Woody didn't have surgery today! The doctors came in early this morning and said that his surgery would be very late today as they had a long surgery before his. Then they decided that he needed a brain MRI prior to surgery. So they postponed his surgery, till after they found out the results of the brain scan...in other words by 8am, we knew that his surgery would either be tomorrow or...it wouldn't happen, if there were signs of melanoma in his brain.
He had the brain scan around 11am. Mid-afternoon the doctors came in and said that they had looked at the scans and that they saw nothing. They were still waiting for the official reading, but they were sure that things were good to go.
Woody said that he didn't have a very good night's sleep last night. They came in at 1am to put his IV line in and then started the IV about an hour later and then it kept beeping for most of the rest of the night. He had to go on and get ready very early this morning for surgery (prior to it being cancelled) in case the first scheduled surgery got cancelled. He didn't get breakfast till around 10am...when they finally got him off the list of those who weren't to eat due to surgery! He had his MRI and then came back and ordered lunch. He also took a pretty good nap this afternoon. He was happy not to have a roommate...but that ended about an hour prior to me leaving this evening. I'm hoping that this roommate isn't like the one he had before...the TV was on constantly day and night. Woody hasn't turned on his TV. He has used his bedside computer to check on some elusive crossword clues.
Of course...this change in the surgery date changed hotel plans. I was wondering if I would be "homeless," but just before I came in to get a bowl of soup and blog, I was able to add an additional night for our room. The soup of the night is Tortilla Chicken Soup...again quite good...hits the spot after a long day.
So...I "think" that I will be reporting tomorrow night about Woody's surgery.
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