Pre-op

Pre-op was today. It was..... unexciting. Took samples of various bodily fluids, did another MRI and gave us the low-down on generic craniotomy details. Nothing too interesting. The nurse was sweet and was very excited to call Charles "Charlie", she said it's one of the names she had wanted to name one of her children and she loves it :) Charles was also happy that she knew who Kirby was and she thought it was hysterical that he named the tumor Kirby and she was very impressed with his good attitude! She said that it's a pleasure to meet with someone so positive because most people in that situation aren't and it brightens her day.

The thing I found the most interesting was that she said they have a 1:1 ratio in the ICU. Once he is done with his surgery they'll ship him straight to the ICU where he will have 1 nurse who will only tend to him. I think that's pretty awesome!

In general the hospital was pretty good.. we had to wait at times but it wasn't too bad and we actually got into the MRI an hour ahead of schedule and were able to leave before the MRI was even scheduled to start! Very nice indeed.

And now we're off to watch another episode of Stargate and hit the sack. It's been a long and tiring day for us both.

~Sue W.