Looong Day

Today was a long day filled mostly with waiting around and hanging around. We checked into the 7^th floor of the Cancer Center (patient rooms) at 8 AM. Don changed into a swell hospital gown speckled with green flowers and hopped up on his bed. They took his vital signs. Next he placed his lunch order. He was already looking forward to lunch because he could not eat or drink until the procedure was finished. Then we waited. His procedure was scheduled for 11 AM. At 11:10 the surgeon showed up and said it would be a couple more hours before he could put Don’s “line” in because there had been an emergency and everything else was put on hold. Don’s lunch showed up at noon, and Don looked on longingly as Sami ate it. At 1:15 they finally took him down to the surgery area and installed the tube through which his blood will be filtered, and any meds or transfusions he may need will go in to his body. He was back up to his room by about 3 PM. A second lunch was ordered and he finally got to eat about 3:30. All seemed to be fine, and after waiting around for another hour they sent us home. Sami ran and errand and when she got back home, Don was on the phone with the staff because his dressing was soaked with blood. Back we went to the hospital, and back he hopped into bed. The wound continued to leak some, and so Don is being kept over night. After all, he is supposed to be back there by 6:30 AM. At least he got dinner, at about 8 o’clock PM. Sami is back home getting ready for tomorrow and reassuring the cats, and plans to climb into bed shortly. Hopefully, Don is already snoring away in room 720.

We are tired, and we are fine. The nurse said this was not terribly unusual and that the “collection” will most likely happen as planned. Our short-term goal is to get some sleep. We’ll post again tomorrow and let you know what happens.