5/30 Status Report from Surgery

A List of Things You Don't Want to Hear During Surgery:

Oops!
Has anyone seen my watch?
Come back with that! Bad Dog!
Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what's that?
Hand me that...uh...that uh.....thingy
What do you mean he wasn't in for a sex change!
Damn, there go the lights again...
Everybody stand back! I lost my contact lens!
Well folks, this will be an experiment for all of us.
What do you mean, he's not insured?
Let's hurry, I don't want to miss "Bay Watch"
What do you mean "You want a divorce"!
FIRE! FIRE! Everyone get out!

He's scheduled to go under general anesthesia in a few minutes. He's asleep, which is good because that means he doesn't realize that he hasn't had anything to eat or drink today (which is a pre-anesthesia requirement). He'll have the catheter replaced as soon as the anesthesia takes effect. Once the procedure is finished, they'll wait for him to wake up (so they know that things are OK), and then transport him back to the pediatric ambulatory wing for 4 hours of dialysis. The hope and expectation is that his dialysis sessions will be more effective with a fresh catheter.