Wednesday

After reviewing the surgery packet given to us by the nurse at OrthoEast, I realized there was a phone number we needed to call to schedule pre-testing bloodwork etc. I called the office, and the lady was not happy that we were calling only two days before the surgery. I explained that it was considered an emergency situation, and she was able to fit us an appointment that afternoon. I had research all Wednesday afternoon, so to save time she decided to fill out all paperwork over the phone that morning. Johnathan had to go through all the questions, and ten minutes later I had to go through all of the same questions.

We showed up early to the appointment, waited, and then when we were taken back the nurse told us (quite rudely actually) that we could not be seen since we did not have our surgery packet. Not at any moment did she mention to us on the phone or did anyone at ortho east mention that we needed to bring this packet. I am normally prepared, but we thought it was just patient information. Apparently not. So we drove all the way across town to get the papers and all the way back. For five minutes of blood work. Fun.

We call thursday afternoon to figure out the time of surgery, most likely early Friday Morning.