Scheduled

The month of December will be a busy month for me - unfortunately not because of the holidays.

All of the pre-op appointments have been scheduled, post-op too.

I am going into this surgery scared witless. Yes, I know, I freak out with EVERY surgery I've ever had in the past, I stay up all night when a surgery is scheduled the next morning.  This one is different because when the surgeon makes the initial cut, there are way too many "If this, Then That". There are just too many variables - which, in MY memory at least, has never happened before now.

On top of all THAT, my surgeries go from simple to, "OMG, Carrie, your skin looks green, did you know that?!"  I was anemic from what should have been a straight forward hysterectomy as an outpatient, to having to stay a couple days because of complications.

Waking up from anesthesia, and my dad was there with me, to something's not right here. It took me longer than it should have to come out of anesthesia and, when I finally did, the look on my dad's face - between very scared to relieved - spoke volumes.