Wow

What a day it has been. We got to the hospital at 5:20 this morning and they were ready for Tim. The ushered us back as soon as they saw us. It was nice that we weren't reliving the issue that happened yesterday. Everything was running close to on schedule. They took Tim away from me at 7:45. I proceed to the waiting room and try to keep my mind off of things. Well, 9 o'clock rolls around and I haven't heard anything. I check my phone and see that I have a missed called from one of the nurses that checked us in, letting me know that the doctor was trying to find me (I don't see why this was so difficult since they were the ones that told me where to wait). So, I call the Recovery Nurses Station to let them know where I was. They said that Tim was in surgery and should be done shortly. Fast forward another 50 minutes. I am starting to get anxious because I haven't heard anything. Just as I was about to call the Recovery Line again a nurse from the OR came out to talk to me. He told me that Tim's surgery had started late (which I had already figured out because God blessed me with a brain and the ability to think) and that it should be another 45 minutes before he is in recovery. OK! Now that I know what is going on I can calm down. Back to my book. 10-15 minutes go by when Tim's surgeon appears in front of me. He is in his suit so I am thinking that they haven't even started yet and the hospital personnel have been lying to me. He informs me that Tim's surgery IS over and only took about 20 minutes. Everything went as he hoped it would! I could clearly see that something was irritating him though, so I asked him. He proceeds to tell me that Tim had been put under right around 8am and that the room he was in was not the room he was supposed to be in. So they moved him to his room. Then the OR didn't have the tools ready for the surgeon and they still had to be sterilized (which would take an addition 30 minutes!).  So by the time they finished Tim's surgery he had been under for about 2 hours! So, now that he is in recovery I figure they will call me back once he is awake. NOT THE CASE. I had to go all the way back to where we had checked in (the other side of the hospital) and continue to wait there. At this point it is a little after 11. They didn't call me back to "claim my husband" (as they put it) until 12:30. I knew that the recovery was going to take a while due to the fact that he was under for so long but they didn't update me once and all they kept saying was that I would get to see him in about 10-15 minutes. I kept hearing that from 10:30 till when they escorted me back. I am very displeased with how the last 24 hours has played out, however, I am thankful that this is all over and done with.