Surgery and Hospital Survival Tips
A few weeks ago I had my spinal fusion surgery. From the early morning of the surgery day I was exhausted. It was so early and I knew it was going to be a long day(even though I knew I was not going to remember much if any of it). We had to stay at a hotel the night before to be able to get there in time. We got up early and got to the hospital way too early. We were sitting in the waiting room and we were the first ones there. My dad and I were laughing and telling jokes, and my mom looked like she might have a panic attack (she is good at worrying about me). She had packed enough in her backpack for the morning that my dad called it "luggage." We were called back to the pre surgery room where I met a ton of people who were going to help me through the day. If I didn't already know them they introduced themselves and told me how they were going to help in the surgery. There were so many people talking to me and my parents. I feel like I might h...