Mom had her kidney removed, but she hasn't left the operating room yet. Apparently the general surgeons take out the kidney from her left side and the transplant surgeons install it on his right side. I was hoping the transplant surgeon would bring the kidney out on a platter before transplant for us to see (like a live lobster at a steak restaurant).
The nurses just wheeled Jake in. They didn't let me go back with him, but he's such a stoic trooper that he doesn't appear to need me. We did the Obama fist bump, and then they wheeled him in. He didn't have any questions or concerns once the doctors promised that they wouldn't put in the IV until he's asleep. That's been his concern for days. Like an educated consumer, he knows the process and knows what he doesn't like.
The nurses just wheeled Jake in. They didn't let me go back with him, but he's such a stoic trooper that he doesn't appear to need me. We did the Obama fist bump, and then they wheeled him in. He didn't have any questions or concerns once the doctors promised that they wouldn't put in the IV until he's asleep. That's been his concern for days. Like an educated consumer, he knows the process and knows what he doesn't like.
The surgery is probably easier than my process of attempting how to put on Jake's surgical gown. It's a good thing I didn't have a stapler handy. It's a one-sided button-up tunic - like what the drummer in an 80's new wave band would wear (but with teddy bears on it). This picture was in pre-op 2 minutes before he went in. The iTouch (with the "bubble-pop" game) is a very useful pre-op device.
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give her a kiss for me when she comes out to recovery pls!
xo,
jen
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