Today is the day....we're impatiently waiting for them to come and get Terry and take him to surgery. He's had a rocky start to the whole process so far. When we arrived yesterday to check in, they had no record of him or his surgery. Not a good sign....fortunately I had paperwork with me from the oncologist's office that helped define what was supposed to happen. After a lunch at the cafeteria, we headed up to his room.
It was an interesting experience. Generally speaking, most people do not find themselves at the hospital for an admission 24 hours before their procedure. He wasn't feeling so bad that he needed to be in bed, so it was a little weird trying to figure out how he was supposed to do things. My needs included finding out exactly when the surgery was going to occur and which room they were going to move him to for closer observation. They couldn't answer either of those, which was very frustrating. The idea of trying to be here at 6 am to be sure I made it before he went in was not an appealing option, to say the least. He was able to call me last night to let me know which room he was in and that they thought he would go in for surgery at 11. It is now 11:30 and his nurse just came in to say they'll notify him 30-60 minutes before they come to get him, so he's evidently got a while to wait yet. The reasoning for moving him closer to the nurses' station was that they were dumping high levels of the alpha and beta blockers into his IV and need to monitor he didn't have any adverse reactions.
He was pretty nauseous this morning, which surprises us both, I think. We both thought when the alpha blockers starting working he would not be nauseous, or at least not as nauseous. Doesn't seem to be the case as he was sick, and very sick with vomiting for the past five days or so. We both knew that he tended to do worse when he was nervous or agitated, and were hopeful this would take care of that problem. I'm not sure now what's going to happen if decreasing adrenal production doesn't help with calming him down some. If nothing else, as a cardiac patient he should be as calm as possible. He may need to learn yoga if this doesn't help!
It's now almost 12:30 and they're on the way to get him. Hopefully it will be over soon.....
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