Surgery Tomorrow

I kept waiting to update hoping to shout out that Scott is home for good. No such luck. We’ve been on quite an information ride this week. Last Friday, during the surgical insertion of the line for peritoneal dialysis the surgeon noticed 2 hernias that he said needed to be repaired “soon”. The frustrating part has been that the general surgeons are very busy and a hernia repair doesn’t get very prompt attention. I guess I’m used to life-threatening open heart surgeries that really get the surgeon’s attention and time. So Scott waited and waited in hospital for the surgeons to decide what “soon” meant. Should Scott stay in the hospital and get it done this week or should they discharge him from the hospital and do it at a later time??? We’ve been waiting for that answer since Friday. Scott had an ultrasound this morning to assess the hernia(s) and the doctor there said he doesn’t have any hernias!!! Every other doctor (cardiology, nephrology, endocrinology) and nurse(transplant, peritoneal dialysis), the pharmacist, and social worker all came by this morning and said “we’re waiting for the surgeons to decide what to do”. They have the only reason to keep Scott in the hospital. FRUSTRATING! Does he have a hernia or not? Can he go home or not? Come on surgeons. What’s up???
Finally, this afternoon THE surgeon came in (not the intern or med student) and said YES Scott does have one hernia and YES they will repair it tomorrow morning. Was that so hard?? At least we know the plan now. After this surgery I really hope Scott never has to see the inside of an Operating Room again!! Thank goodness this is a minor, routine surgery. If only Scott was a routine patientJ Hopefully it will take only the 30 minutes they expect and maybe Scott will come home in a few days!