Chrissy and others re my surgery Thursday

August 31, 2004

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, my computer

crashed and the guy just put on a " copy " of XP so I could get up to

date with my emails and stuff.

Here are the details of the hospital

I will be at

University of Tennessee Medical Center

1924 Alcoa Highway

Knoxville TN 37920

Ph: 1-

The scaredy cat in me showed itself today. Causing me to cry a bit,

and worry about everything...that usually doesn't happen until the

night before, but it hit me earlier than usual.

was given the choice to have a sleepover at her cousins' place

for 2 nights, or stay home with daddy...she opted for the sleepover,

but Dennis decided that he wanted to look after her the whole time.

I told him he must take her to ballet Thursday afternoon then,

because she is so looking forward to him taking her. He won't get

much opportunity to see her at ballet because he works afternoons.

He said he'd see, but unless something gets complicated, I begged

him to keep to her normal routine.

I've got so much to do tomorrow. Pay all the bills I've been meaning

to do for the past few days...get a calling card for my

international calls.. I've cleaned all rooms except the kitchen

floor and the bathroom, ironed all my clothes so I won't have to

worry about that, and have precooked a weeks' worth of meals so when

i'm on my own when Dennis has to go back to work, and my sister in

law goes back, I'll just be able to heat and serve for &

myself. I've only just realised also how many things I do that use

the stomach muscles I will be losing, and it's scaring me how much

it might hurt even once the surgery soreness has gone.

I put on my charts to use Dilaudid for my pain medicine as Demerol &

Morphine don't to much to ease my pain. I'm glad my doctor doesn't

balk at the suggestion of Dilaudid like most my other doctors have

done in the past.

Time to try and go to sleep...speak with you soon,

Love

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