Spent the day at Straub Clinic and Hospital doing pre-operation activities. Flew over with Lisa at 7am and started with meeting the surgeon and going over the planned procedure. It seems likely that she'll use the laproscopic approach. Had some blood tests and a contrast CT scan to check out the surgery region. The contrast fluid via IV was supposed to make me feel warm and give me a sensation that I'd peed my pants.... that didn't happen for me. Talked over the procedure for cutting off the blood supply to the spleen with the doctor that does that. Met with the anesthesiologist. A nice lady from the French part of Canada.
Overall, it was smooth and professional and well-coordinated. Tomorrow will start at 0730 in admitting and then move to radiology for the embolism in the artery to the spleen. The main surgery is now scheduled for 1210pm. It's supposed to be 2 hours with a 1 hour recovery either in the normal recover or ICU depending on what the doctor thinks. I guess all of the rooms there are private, so that's nice.
The good doctor doesn't expect to see me leaving before Monday. There seems to be a desire to monitor my platelet response carefully prior to release. Makes sense.
Also scored some new Vicodin the other night which worked better than the previous... better mix. That's helped the hip situation, but it's still pretty sore.
It's been a long road to get to the splenectomy. It's now a milestone of sorts. Let's see how it plays out.
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