Boots got up at 3:30 to complete her cleanse prior to surgery. She woke Ruthi at 4:30. Without Karma around it has been much easier to work the details yesterday, today and hopefully tomorrow morning.
After much discussion and changing of minds, we decided to have Boots and her trusty IPod with 59 new classical easy listening songs entertain her while the hospital prep’d her and she waited for her time slot in the OR. We all know that it is a long long wait from putting the IV in and the anesthesiologist asking you to count backwards. So, Ruthi dropped her at the door, right next to Lianne’s Serenity Garden in front of the hospital wing. We mention the location because Boots’ son, John, worked on the construction of the garden. Ruthi continued on home to sleep until the hospital called for her to pick up Boots.
Boots is now home, drugged and basically laying around anticipating the painful recovery that will start after the first 24-48 hours. She is on liquids and pretty much sleeping between pills.
