August 14, 2023
David had to go over to the hospital to have his blood cross matched for surgery. Since his hemoglobin and iron counts were still low, this was a precaution in case blood was needed during surgery. Because we would need to be at the hospital at 5:30 am the next morning, we decided to spend the night in a hotel next door to the hospital. He has to start the colon prep at 12 pm today and we both agreed this would be better for us than having to get up so early and drive over to the hospital. We had already decided that I would stay at the hotel while David was in the hospital, so I would have a place to shower and change clothes without driving back and forth. So we got checked in and David started his prep.
CROSS REMATCH (-d)
Lots more pre-operation questions along with more blood work and cross matching and the magic RED BAND that identifies my blood type and match and everything. Days before I had gotten pink scrub down stuff to make sure I’m extra extra clean before surgery so that was something different, too. The hotel was a great idea and being really close made it a lot easier instead of having to drive a long way after the prep. Not much sleep with nerves and/or prep effects but couldn’t have expected much better. I remember really just wanting to get it started and over with.