is this what healthcare has come to? a nurse in a hotel room!

It's an outpatient operation. Laproscopic (Sp?) Couple small holes. One for the laser, one for the camera. Stick it into the back, zap zap. Go home. But, the clinic is in Tampa, she lives north of Orlando, so, go back to the hotel. 24-48 hours later, you are good to go. week of taking it easy. By two weeks, should be back to normal, only, hopefully without the constant pain of crushed discs (or whatever it was). yeah. kinda crazy if you ask me.

ION- the construction folks called. They will resume tomorrow. Not be working this weekend, or Monday (holiday). I expected that, but nice to confirm it. The problem is, apparently there is NO support under the porch. :: blink blink:: Um. Ok. So, it will add a day or two to the affair. Hopefully done by end of next week. hahahahaha. Oh golly. Anyone else having flashbacks of that great Tom Hanks movie "Money Pit"?? Hahahahahahahahaha. Eh, at least it's not out of my pockets. Just an annoyance. Once it's done, it's done.

It's an outpatient operation.

Yeah, that blows me away. Definitely jealous. (Yes, mine was wildly successful, and I'm not complaining about that, but outpatient and no 6-inch scar down my back would have been lovely.)

Happy birthday meara!

omnis,

I cannot believe they can do disc ops laproscopically (sp?). That's amazing.

I cannot believe they can do disc ops laproscopically (sp?). That's amazing.

I know! When I was born, I had pyloric stenosis, and needed life-saving surgery at age six weeks. It left a distinct, puckered scar on my abdomen (which over the course of my childhood migrated from below to above my navel, bodies are weird). My nephew had the same condition. He had keyhole surgery done, and there's no sign whatsoever that it ever happened.

I love medical advances. They're so cool.

I love medical advances. They're so cool.

Yeah, my grandma had her gallbladder out in the 30s and they cut a 2-foot long hole in her abdomen. Mom had hers out in the 70s and the scar was about 4-inches. My sister had hers removed around 2,000, laparoscopically, and I think the scars have disappeared.

The Fair was fun. We went, I was anxious but Will reassured me if I felt bad at any point we could leave (I should know this but the reassurance helped). It's the first day of school so the Fair wasn't crowded (at least that's my theory).

We went to the various exhibits and saw the New Record Breaking Giant Pumpkin. It was 1300 lbs or something like that. 4 H projects, saw the various animals. Petted goats, sheep, llama and a donkey. There was weaving and spinning. I think at some point I want to try a drop spindle.

And we split - corn dog, ear of corn, deep fried oreos, and collard greens. There was a competition BBQ place from my home town! Which is where we got the greens.

All in all it was really nice time. I'm glad I went. I'm thinking of making a scarf like I made for my aunt to enter into the Home Crafts Competition next year.

Happy Birthday Meara!

Awesome, askye. Glad you had fun.

Omnis, sorry the home woes are compounding.