Yup, it's the "before" surgery days, but there seems to be nothing calm about it.
I got a call yesterday evening that the doctor needed me to go for another CT scan this morning so he could get a more accurate set of measurements for the hardware he'll put putting in m back. I slept horribly last night because the of pain and missed picking my sister up from the airport because her flight was delayed and she got in at 2am. Somehow even with jet lag my sister accompanied me to the test. It was over in 10min and then we sat for 45min with an increasingly tired baby (and Mommy) waiting for the films. When they were finally ready we rushed them over to the ortho's office and then breathed what turned out to be a premature sigh of relief.
Four hours later I get a call from the Ortho. Apparently the CT tech misread the script and took the wrong films. They made me a new appointment to redo it Monday morning! I was already supposed to at the hospital at 6am to get admitted, blood drawn and a baseline for the nerve monitors before surgery at 12:30. Now we're squeezing in a CT scan at 8:00. Not only am I frazzled just thinking about it, but it makes me uncomfortable knowing the surgeon is getting this information only s few hours before the surgery. Most of all I'm angry at the complete waste of my time!
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