Friday, 1/31/25, Went to hospital with Melissa and Bruce for Bruce’s surgery, Bill took Max to lunch, then picked up Jack and Even in the vening, We met to put gas in, he took them out to eat, I took food to Sue

 

Bruce’s hand after surgery for carpal tunnel

The hospital called Bruce to see if he could get there by 10:30.  I drove to Melissa’s and Bruce’s right away and we got there in time.  Bruce registered, then he and Melissa went back into a room and I went downstairs.  They only let one go in the room at a time. Melissa came down to let me know they weren’t going to start the surgery until 1. We walked through the gift shop, then when Starbucks opened, we both got a Starbuck Mocha Frappuccino.  We sat and drank those, then Melissa went back upstairs to see Bruce.  When it was time for his surgery, Melissa came down and we went to the cafeteria and had grilled club sandwiches that were really good.  Then we waited in the waiting room to hear when Bruce’s surgery was done and he was going to recovery.  The lady at the desk upstairs kept  sending updates to Melissa’s phone.  It was a while before an update, so we decided to check with the lady at the desk in the waiting room.  She said they were waiting to find a room for him.  They aren’t doing the rooms with curtains between them anymore.  She told us to pick up his prescriptions and then we could go up to see him.   Melissa got in line and got the prescriptions, then we went up to see Bruce.  He was very nauseated and really hot.  They had asked him about his pain in recovery and he said it was a 4-5.  They gave him something for it that made him feel this way.  The nurse had him wait for 15 minutes to see how he was.  He still didn’t feel well, so she gave him something for the nausea.  That didn’t help much,  so she gave him something else.  He also had a popsicle thinking that might help.  He walked next door to the bathroom and he felt a little better.  Then about 20 minutes later he said he thought he could get dressed.  Then he told the nurse he wanted his IV out.  He was doing a little better, so Melissa and I went and got the van and Melissa pulled into the circle.  When we got to their house, I headed to Vikki’s to pick up some clothes Vikki has for Kody.  Then I met Bill, Jack and Evan at Kroger and we got gas for 60 cents off.  I came home and packed spaghetti, rolls and angel food cake up for Sue and took it to her.  Bill took the boys out to eat.  When he got home, we ate spaghetti, rolls and I had a piece of cake with strawberries.  Melissa called and said Bruce slept and when he woke up he was doing much better.  We were very happy for that answered prayer.  We watched the movie, The Little Kidnappers after that.  It was a really good movie Wes and Gayla had told us about.