It turns out that we were both wrong. We arrived at the hospital a little before 9AM and went up to the waiting room, where they came fairly soon and got hubby. I never saw him again until after the surgery later that afternoon. When the doctor finished, he came to see me in the waiting room to tell me what all he did. After 2.5 hours in surgery (I really like the system they have; they give us a number and we can watch a color coded screen. As they move into surgery, (yellow) into closing (purple), into recovery (green) the colors change with their number on a screen so all day long I can see what was going on), he was moved into the recovery room. Dr. Smith (yes, his real name), said that he only did the surgery on the left abdomen. He got interrupted a couple times with phone calls so his information, though I'm sure complete, was broken up. He said that the veins in the abdomen were 'all over the place' (what does that mean?) and they ended up doing 8 stents to fix that one aneurysm. They were not going to do surgery on the aneurysm on the right side of the abdomen because it is 2cm and they don't need to unless they are at 4cm, which is what the one behind the left knee is at. That surgery will be scheduled sometime in March, I think. He said hubby did well, was doing well. About an hour or so later he was finally moved to his room as he was to stay overnight. I finally was allowed to see him then and found my way up to his room. He was wide awake - and hungry! LOL He had to continue to lay flat for two more hours - which I think were the most agonizing hours for him. He wasn't to move about, and had to lay still. I placed the order for his dinner about 6:15PM as it would take about 45 - 60 minutes to get it to him. I left about 6:30PM to come home as I was exhausted. I hadn't eaten all day and my eyes were burning from lack of sleep the night before. I'm sure he was glad to get to move when the time came, and to get his food.
I need to catch up on work this morning, and because we know he will be coming home today, I will stay home until time for him to be picked up, then I will head over to do that. I didn't sleep well last night - and because I WAS home alone, awake at 10:30PM I turned the light on and read some in a book before trying to go back to sleep. And, of course I was awakened early this morning as I usually am to come do my quiet time. I want to go back to sleep, but I do need to catch up on the work emails. Have a lot to do today. NOT looking forward to it.
As of last night, hubby is doing fine from his surgery. I thank God for taking care of him and watching over him. Once he gets back home, life will begin to get back to normal for awhile.
I'm reading a good book by Steven Furtick called (Un)qualified. It reminded me somewhat of the message Sunday and the labels we put on ourselves and on others. Especially others. But the book talks about the labels we put on ourselves. For example, how would you finish this sentence - what would be the third word?
I am .....................
How would you define yourself? I am 'pretty'? I am 'smart'? I am '..................' - what would you make that third word?
How does that word define you and how does it line up with God's Word for you? I'm only in the 3rd - or 4th chapter and it was pretty late last night and I was pretty tired when I read it - but it really gave me something to think about. Do I call myself what God calls me?
If you will go to Ephesians (it's a fairly short book - easy read) - you will read all the 'labels' that God calls you. Personally, I like the 'I am ...........' that God calls me rather than what I tend to call myself. Look them up. I bet you will like these words better too.
I John 4:10 (NKJV) "In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be propitiation for our sins."
Ephesians... I am Blessed, I am Chosen..... keep looking, you can find them!
Blessings!
