We went in to Stanford Hospital this morning for a few hours of pre-op stuff.
They took blood, did an ECG, a chest x-ray, and we had a chat with someone from anesthesiology. A physicians assistant and a nurse practitioner talked to us (separately) about what to expect. We also watched a short video about what to expect.
We now have to report back at 5:15 tomorrow morning (there's a 5:15 in the morning, how about that?) for a 7:30am procedure. They're saying it'll take 6-8 hours and that Sarah will be on a ventilator for the first 4 hours or so that she's in intensive care, post-op. She'll probably be in the ICU for a couple of days. It's sounding like I can only spend 10 minutes in there every few hours, but we'll see how that pans out tomorrow I guess.
It's sounding like I won't get to see her until around 4pm tomorrow I think someone was saying. I guess we'll see how that pans out as well.
I've just doped myself up with some NyQuil so I hopefully get a better night's sleep than last night. I'm going to need it, it's going to be a long day.