Thursday, January 12, 2012

Mission accomplished

Whew! Boy, am I exhausted. While the missus was in the recovery room, I went off in search of the cafeteria and must have wandered a quarter of a mile through a maze of halls, different floors, detours and dead-ends before I found the place. Then I stood in the wrong line for ten minutes, and had to go stand in another one. I had a vastly overpriced hamburger (tasty, though), with some fries and a Coke. Finally, I had to make the long trek back to the surgery center.

What's that you're asking? Oh, of course! How's Mrs. Paco. She did fine. As usual, it took her longer than most to come out from under the ether, but the surgery went well, praise God and her surgeon, and she's now home, resting comfortably. Many thanks to the good people at Inova Fairfax Hospital.

And many thanks to my friends here who offered up prayers and best wishes. You guys are the best.

25 comments:

bruce said...

Great to hear.

Hospitals are the same everywhere, one of my recent jobs was actually guiding patients through the maze. Wanted to be a nurse but don't have the stamina (yay for ladies and gay men!), so 'guide' dogsbody is all I can do.

Anonymous said...

Deborah Leigh said... Great news! Thanks for the update! Glad to hear she's fine. Wow! She's home fast. You didn't give us a chance to...(everyone act like there was nothing planned.)

Did you see a rather furry fellow continually checking his watch while muttering, "I'm late! I'm late!" If you had only asked for directions...men, sheesh. There was probably a quicker way, because you know the medical folks don't have that long for lunch. Welcome back from Wonderland.

Glad everything went well! Did she get the "happy" pills?

missred said...

glad to hear she is well and at home. i too have a problem coming out of the ether - took almost two hours after their prediction this last op.
am also glad to hear your burger was tasty - especially at a hossie cafe

Randy-g said...

Glad to hear all is well Paco, damn ether turned my beard snow whit when I was in thirties...Clean shaven since!

Polly said...

Very good news, indeed.

Yojimbo said...

That is wonderful news! I'm sure you will sleep well tonight. I have a feeling that the microwave will be undergoing stress tests the next few days with you "cooking"

richard mcenroe said...

Paco never uses the microwave. Can't keep it lit.

Isophorone said...

Glad to hear that your wife is doing well. May her recovery continue smoothly.

JeffS said...

Excellent news!

rinardman said...

Sounds like she had the best kind of visit to the hospital.

Short and successful.

Anonymous said...

SO glad to hear the good news, Paco. Don't know if I take longer to come out from under, but do know that when I do, I'm usually puking. Your Lovely Bride obviously has MUCH more class than I!

Feed her lots of yummy fresh fruits & vegetables, and as much really good chocolate as she can stand - she deserves it!

Paco said...

She's having a bit of trouble with nausea, and is in some pain, but I'm sure she'll be fine.

Anonymous said...

Deborah Leigh said... Paco, remember the "in sickness and in health" phrase in the nuptials? Yep. This is a test.

Thought they would have given her some good drugs for the pain and nausea. Might have to kick it up a notch, or trade in for something stronger. Clear liquids, tea and toast, then what prairiecat said.

Merilyn said...

That is good news Paco, glad Mrs Paco is back home, a little bit of tender care is needed now and sympathy.

Have to thank SwampWoman for the wonderful beef BBQ, yep we were looked after while waiting on your front lawn, sorry to hear you had to make do with a Hamburger from the Hospital cafeteria.

missred and Richard looked after the fluid side for us.

Take care of yourselves and all the best.

Boy on a bike said...

Glad to hear she's on the mend. Short and sweet is best when it comes to hospital visits.

kae said...

Great news, Mr Paco!

RebeccaH said...

I'm so happy to hear that Mrs. Paco is doing well.

Um... about that hole in the yard...

mojo said...

Good on ya! Glad she's ok.

(Hole? What hole?)

Steve Burri said...

Good report! That's what we all were waiting to hear.

Mr. Bingley said...

Yay! A thousand times Yay!

Anonymous said...

Deborah Leigh said... If you ever have to go to the hospital (hopefully, never), let us know that you'll be needing sustenance and we'll add it to our prayer list. Wonder if God ever received a request like that. "Dear God, we ask you guide our dear friend Paco to the cafeteria in the shortest route. Thank you." Can I get an "amen"?

Paco said...

Amen sister!

Mikael said...

I'm very glad to hear that, Paco. Great news!

Deborah: Men never, ever ask for directions. Makes us look girlish. What, you think a woman invented GPS? Don't be silly. :-) Hug.

Paco said...

Mikael: You are quite right about that. It is an act of vanity to which I have, myself, succumbed on many occasions.

tree hugging sister said...

Woot! Woot!

Well, that calls for another, actually.

WOOT!