Day surgery…what the heck is that?

Jane had ‘day surgery’ on Thursday. Why do they call it ‘day surgery’? I’ve lived a pretty good number of years. I’ve had surgery. I’ve had other family members who’ve had surgery. I’ve never seen a surgery start in the daytime and go into the night. Other than emergencies, are surgeries even performed at night?

This must be a term which has been developed in more recent time which really means: We’re going to do surgery on you or your loved one. It would cost way more than your insurance would want to pay to keep this person in the hospital beyond the time when they are able to suck down some jello and appear to be awake. So, from now on, we’re calling it ‘day surgery’.

Jane had ‘day surgery’ on ThursDAY. The purpose, as stated in an earlier post, was to clean out some scar tissue left after her mastectomy and to biopsy any tissue they took out.

Thankfully, surgery went without excitement and the doctor BELIEVES from a visual inspection of the tissue that there is no malignancy. We will know more on Monday when results of the biopsy are back.

Thanks to all friends and others who may have seen these posts and who have included Jane in your prayers.

Say another prayer for her and for my sweet mom. Mom, who lives with us, will be 89 on January 13th. She is starting to fade a bit, I’m afraid. She’s a tough old lady and has all her mental faculties, thank God. But, physically, she is waning. She knows it and we can see it as well. May God grant her a happy and stress free time for the remainder of her life…however long that may be. She’s my mom and I love her.