Waiting for surgery

     I have to tell you that sitting in a waiting room waiting for someone to get out from a major surgery is very difficult. Eldon was taken to surgery at 4:15 AM on Monday morning. The transport person told us to say our goodbyes and then she showed us to the waiting room. When we walked in the room was dimly lighted and seemed like a nice place to attempt to relax and wait. As time went on more people came into the waiting room and at one time it seemed to be pretty full. We took up spots that we thought would be out of the way. The furniture isn't too bad if you are only there for a short while but as the hours passed the seats became less friendly and the sitting part of our bodies became more uncomfortable. We watched people come and go and the more they came and went the more it became frustrating for the three of us sitting there.
     It was 1PM when a man dressed in greens walked into the waiting room and I could him ask the sweet older volunteer for the Auger family. It was the surgeon. We were taking into a private consultation room and he told us about the surgery. Eldon had done really well in surgery and things were looking really well. He instructed us to go to the Shock Trauma Intensive Care Unit on the 5th floor. It might be a little bit before we could see Eldon but that is were we would be for the next couple of days. Finally a little after 3PM, we were allowed in the STICU from 504. Poor Eldon he was in so much pain and not very coherent. That first night was very difficult, he was awake frequently and the pain was 9-10 on a scale of 1-10. Tuesday morning we had so many doctors, PAs, nurses, physical therapist, pharmacists, and others to come in and check out Eldon. I was able to see the incision and I can't believe this scar, it was/is impressive. Because of the need for Heparin he was to stay in the ICU for an extra day. Seems when they got into the liver they found a major vessel had a blood clot. If they hadn't been able to transplant him the clot would have made the vessel damaged and not been able to use it. We would have never been able to have a transplant.
     Tuesday night was by far more calm and sleep was possible. I did go home on Tuesday for a shower and check on Wyatt. The plan was to get him up and prepare for us to be moved to a regular room on the 10th floor, this is where all transplants come and surgical patients.
     Looking forward to having some privacy. The ICU staff was wonderful. I so appreciate all that they did for us, especially for Eldon.
     Later, update on Wednesday and the move to the regular room.