Good morning from the Pre-op suite at Swedish hospital in
lovely Seattle, Washington. It is now a
little after 0600 Pacific Time (0900 for you readers on the East Coast, adjust
accordingly for everywhere else) and Deborah has signed-in, been brought back,
changed into the lovely surgery clothes and is sitting with her eyes closed
waiting for the next person to come by and do something or ask her name and
birthday or whatever. Or she could be
sleeping. Well, she’ll certainly be
sleeping for a good long while today.
Something new this time is a new type of gown that they had
her put on under the outer gown. It’s a
warming gown complete with a port for a warm air pump to be attached. Swedish has only been using them for about
the last month (according to Deb’s nurse that I just asked about it), but there
have been studies showing that warming before surgery can help with recovery
and even reducing the possibility of infection, et cetera. 3M has apparently jumped into action with
their product called Bair Paws (Paws standing for Patient Adjustable Warming
System – Google it). Deb looks comfy.
So I’ll stay here with her until they shoo me away and take
her over to the OR. I don’t know when
that will be, but I may post a quick note then.
Probably before 0700 or 0730.
Maybe.
More info forthcoming when there is more info.
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