Shuffles and Re-Schedules

Blimey.

Well, we were as good as packed. Time off work booked, Oscars school notified, ready to go. One day out Rowie gets a call from the hospital advising that she's been re-scheduled due to a higher priority coming through.

Talk about last minute.

I can only imagine the psyching up that Rowie is going through, because as much as I try and empathise with her situation, I will never truly know whats going on in her mind. I would imagine though that it's pretty tough getting ready for whats going to happen. To have a re-schedule literally at the last minute is not good, to put in mildly.

Rowie was rightly ballistic, and headed down to the hospital to - I think - express her anger at this FOURTH delay. In the end though, she asked for some tests as she's been feeling a little tight across the chest and had assumed that the operation would "fix" it, so of course re-scheduling the surgery meant that she was now more concerned.

Surgeon Intervenes

After her trip to the hospital, Rowie received a 'phone call from the surgeon who will (eventually) perform the procedure. We think he was as frustrated as Rowie, because he's now re-organised the schedule so that Rowie will book into another hospital (adjacent to Prince Charles), "Holy Spirit" on SUNDAY NIGHT (20/09/09). The actual procedure is at this stage scheduled for the following Monday (21/09/09) @ midday - it's a 6-8 hour operation.

So, annoying but the schedule is only slightly changed, plus it looks like this one will hold - the surgeon intervening suggests that a) he's tired of the mucking around and b) he deems Rowies surgery as suitably important enough that it should be done sooner rather than later.

The rough schedule is now:

Sunday 20/09/09 - Rowie admitted into Holy Spirit (Private hospital)
Monday 21/09/09 - Surgery commences @ midday, then is placed in ICU for 24 hours
Wednesday 23/09/09 - Assuming all is well, Rowie will be transferred to Prince Charles for monitoring
About 6-10 days later - Rowie discharged from hospital and the really hard work begins...

Will keep you updated as/when anything changes.

Thanks to all for well wishes over the past few days, I know Rowie appreciates them.