Oct. 5, 2008 -- My surgery is still on schedule for Monday Oct. 6 at 8 a.m. We have to show up at Hillcrest Memorial Hospital t 6:30 a.m. so we will spend the night in a hotel near the hospital. My wife and daughter will stay there until I can go home Wednesday in order to avoid the 110 mile roundtrip from the house to the hospital.
I am not nervous but I do look forward to getting it over with. The folks at Bariatric Solutions in Greenville, SC have prepared me well. I know what to expect and what will be expected of me.
So this is my last post until I get back home from the hospital.
I have spent the day on a diet of clear liquids. No problems with that. I can have beef or chicken broth, sugar-free jello and such. Everything is cut off at midnight. No even water, except for a sip to take required medication. They say I won't get a drink again until the second day after surgery. Makes my mouth dry just thinking about that.
He did great, followed the Dr's directions to a T, while in the hospital followed each and every request by the staff. He got up and walked even when he "didn't feel like it" even walked some extra paces in the hallway!
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