Well, here we are…less than 10 hours until surgery, and 7 hours until we’re on our way to the hospital (surgery is at 7:30 AM, we’ve got to be there at 5:30 AM), and the only thing I’m nervous about is getting to the hospital on time. I am all about getting in there and getting it done—let’s move on already!

This past Friday I went down to the hospital for registration and pre op lab work. It went about as expected, though they only needed blood and urine, not an EKG and chest x-ray. Evidently I am in excellent health, aside from my knee, and they only need those last two items when you’re not in excellent health. My blood pressure was something like 104/64 (I hear that’s pretty good), and my pulse was 65 (a little high compared to just a couple of months ago, when it regularly registered in the low to mid-50s). I also got an estimate of the out-of-pocket expense for us—not cheap!

I should be ready to come home by early afternoon, and Julie will let people know how things went (check here, Facebook, email, or voice mail). I’ll login and provide a more in-depth update once I’m not so groggy.

I’m off to bed!