My mom had surgery on Monday and it was like she said breast reduction.

We went to St. Elizabeth hospital. I was born there and haven’t been there since the nineties. It’s huge now! It’s a bit confusing trying to figure out where to go in the parking lot and there is even a parking ramp inside the parking lot. Crazy! It’s a bit of a maze inside too. This is dumb though. You have to check in, in the front main part of the hospital but my mom’s surgery was done on the other side of the hospital. So they have people walk you to where you need to go. That is nice but when you have to leave and come back it can be confusing.

Funny story:

When we were waiting for the first nurse to come in the room there is a TV in the room. It had the wildlife channel on.

Me: What are those?

Mom: Hmmm not sure.

Me: Are those deer? Maybe their moose.

Mom: No I don’t think so.

The second nurse is now in the room and she is putting in mom’s IV. While the nurse is talking.

Nurse: Does that feel….

Mom points at me and says: They are caribou!

Nurse looks at me then mom and continues.

Oh it was so funny just mid sentence she did that to the nurse I couldn’t help myself I burst out laughing.

We met with the doctor and he drew all over her. He was a character himself. In this hospital the person waits in the room not the waiting room which is different. I did leave because dad took me to lunch, that was nice. I also had to move the car to the emergency room parking lot it took two minutes to get back to the room instead of walking forever to find the room again.

I was thinking since Mom had to be there at 8:45 in the morning that she would be done around one. Wrong! They didn’t come and get her till about eleven. After she left dad and I went to lunch. Dad couldn’t take mom in the morning because of work that is why I took her. It’s not a big deal. Anyway when I got back, she didn’t come back till about 2:30. Even after that every time they gave her a pain pill she had to add thirty minutes so we were there to 4:30.

Bonus! Mom said I was her favorite that day. I will take that!

When the doctor came down around one thirty he told me she was being cute. Meaning she was being silly. So I thought when mom came down she would be silly. She was NOT silly she was mad! She looked mad anyway. I could tell she was in pain but still not totally aware about her surroundings. The nurse kept asking her questions and she was not answering them. Good thing I was there to help out.

Then I took her home and since it was late they fed me dinner. That was nice of them. I didn’t get home till around seven. Also I got up at 5:30 in the morning because I wasn’t sure about the roads it had snowed the night before. On top of that mom’s time changed so I wanted to make sure I got there on time. I ended up getting to Appleton at seven which is way too early. When I got there mom just got up and so to past time I wrapped some Christmas presents for them.

I am glad I could help parents.