11/24/08 - Quick MU - Pre-Op Complete

Not much to update here. My pre-operative appointment actually consisted of three separate appointments, and they were finished a full hour before the third one was scheduled to start! Being done early - that never happens!

I had a CT Scan of my head, multiple blood tests (luckily from a single blood draw), and a bunch of questions about my medical history. The anesthesiology nurse that asked me the questions and rescheduled some tests that were "off" did an excellent job. I also met with my neurosurgeon's nurse, who I knew from before and also does a great job, but I didn't have many questions to ask her because the previous one did so well. It's not just medical expertise, they have to know how to work with the system they have - computers, protocol, people, etc...

So, my Ommaya Reservoir surgery will be tomorrow at 10:15AM. It should be a relatively short surgery, lasting about an hour. After it, I will be transferred to a recovery room for tomorrow night. I actually look forward to this and hope I can relax. I'll have more appointments on Wednesday including multiple MRIs, I should hopefully be home by dinner time.

Not that I don't have other things on my mind, but I may post sometime after surgery tomorrow...