Narrowing in on noon local time. You and
Linda are sitting at a small table in the surgery waiting room on the first
floor of Bethesda North. Carol is presently in surgery. She went into Pre-Op an
hour and a half earlier. Originally she would be going into surgery in about
fifteen minutes from now. Linda is reading one of Carol’s books, The Woods,
by H. Cobin. You are wondering how Carol is doing as it is too late to back out
of the knee replacement. – Amorella
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hours. I hope she is okay and that she will recover quickly. The doctor will
come and see us during Recovery. Carol was resigned to this but I know she
doesn’t like going through this in any manner. Here’s the beeper.
Time
for bed. It has been a busy but successful day. Carol is doing well
considering, and you hope this continues. Tomorrow you and Kim are arriving at
the hospital about the same time to say hello and stay as family at least until
lunch, after which Kim must return to pick up the boys from school. – Amorella
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hours. Bethesda North is a wonderful hospital and it has a great staff
including Carol’s surgeon, Dr. Thomas. He was happy to report all went well and
I could tell he was pleased with the results so far. The technology and
equipment in the room for the knee replacement patient is very much the best of
the twenty-first century. Science is amazing and science applied for the best
care for a patient before, during and after surgery is just amazing. So far
Carol’s pain level is a 4 out of 10 and they hope to keep it that way or lower.
Carol is impressed and so am I. Linda cannot believe the changes for the better
than have been made since her husband Bill had his knee replacements, one eight
and the other six years ago.
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