Day Eleven: Surgery and a Shot

5/20/22

Blog Written: 7:30pm

Start: 9:00am

End: 4:50pm

Today’s Time: 6h20m

Total Time: 69h15m


Today, Chris had me watch a video of an ACL and meniscus tear repair surgery in the morning, then in the afternoon we went to get some testing done in order for us to be able to view a surgery hopefully on Tuesday. During the ACL and meniscus tear repair surgery, I noticed that the fascia almost looked furry, like white bunny fur. And the only part that bothered me wasn’t the muscle tissue or the tendons and bone getting cut, no, it was the skin getting stretched. 


On the car ride over to the hospital to get our shot/test, we talked a little about the surgery that I had just watched, and also what type of surgery I might be able to observe, more than likely it will be a hand surgery. I am not very good with needles, and normally getting shots end with me in tears, squeezing the nurses hand until my knuckles go white. But this time, it went much better, no crying and no squeezing some poor nurse's hand, but I did lie down and close my eyes, though. It definitely helped to have the woman who gave us the shots tell me exactly what she was doing. Plus on the way back, Chris and I stopped for Dunkins which was nice.

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