Surgery Day..

We got up around 4am this morning and took showers. We got to the hospital around 6am and Beth went in the holding area. They took blood and got her ready to go. I was able to go back and set with her around 7:45am. They came to take her to the pre op area around 8:30am. I went up the the 4th floor waiting room with the other people. The doctor called around noon to let me know she was out of surgery and did well. He said the cartilage was really bad and it was time. She was being moved to recover and would be there for a couple of hours. The recovery nurse called at 1:50pm to say they would be moving her in 10 to 15 minutes. Sure enough, she was moved and in her room around 2pm. She said the pain was around a 2 in recovery, but was now a 4. The spinal block was wearing off and I was hoping the pain would not get any worse. They game her some more pain stuff and she was going to sleep, so I came on home to beat the traffic. Beth called around 7pm and said she had shuffled over to the chair and the pain was a 7. So they gave her some more stuff and she was going to watch the voice and then go to bed. They will have her up at 4am for blood work and breakfast at 7am. Physical therapy will begin some time in the morning and again in the afternoon. I will go back around 4pm to see how she is doing. Surgery