My People

December 14th - 3 days before surgery I had my pre-surgery appointment with Dr. S. My "fabulous" insurance company requires that we do all of my paperwork before I show up at Northside Hospital. Having gone through this before it takes all of 10 minutes followed by blood work so not a big deal. This is the appointment that I needed my referral paperwork for and by now you've all read the entry on how much fun that was.

This time instead of doing the appointment by myself I showed up with my people. When they called me through to see Dr S. I stood up and was followed by 3 more people as I walked through to his exam room - my mom, Todd and Juli (my fiancee). The nurse looked a little perplexed. They are mostly used to children and their parents not an adult and her entourage.

Schrader walked into the room with a big smile on his face because by now he knows we keep things interesting. Paper work complete and questions answered I headed down to do blood work. I was typed and cross checked and got my fancy red bracelet to link me to my donor blood. Juli and Carol did a direct donation to me which was a big help. It saved me doing it for myself which is quite draining prior to surgery.

All systems go!