After a somewhat sleepless night we’re hanging in the surgery waiting room.

I got to sleep in this lovely chair last night. It’s been years since I’ve had to sleep somewhat sitting up. I think the last time was when I was on the fire department and I took an overnight nap in a jump seat while on station cover. This chair is somewhat comfortable to sit on, but not to sleep on.

Now we’re hanging in the surgery waiting room. Last night we meet with radiology and anesthesiology. This morning they went through the same questions and discussion and reviewed that yes, we did sign everything yesterday. I think the cumulative effects of all the pain medication have kicked in as mom is only in minor pain if she does not move, and she’s a little confused. But the goal is to keep her comfortable until surgery. Due to an emergency that came in her radiology procedure was bumped back just over an hour and she’ll go straight to surgery after radiology.

So just over an hour and a half since they started anesthesia and wheeled her away, we sit and wait to see how the radiology procedure went before surgery.

The staff I have interacted with since I arrived last night have been phenomenal.