We have a date for William. He is to be born this Thursday, which I think is Nov. 17. Right now, Juanita wants them to take him even earlier but it is only two days away, so I don't see that happening. It is suppossed to be first thing in the morning but they take emergency cases first and then scheduled cases so it might be a while.
That means they should be getting out of the hospital by Monday or Tuesday so they will be home for Juanita's birthday. I would say Thanksgiving, but we know that is not a holiday over here and is not celebrated. I tried to do it a couple of times, but since no one else knows anything about it and therefor, doesn't come over for dinner and football, it really wasn't the same. So I stopped trying. We might go out to eat or something but with the new baby, that may not happen.
My surgery has been put up in the air again. Not that I am not going to have it but when I called to find out when, they said they had never heard of me. They are going to have to find my paperwork, again, and schedule me for the pre-op class. Once I take that, they will schedule the surgery. It could still happen, and probaby will, in the first part of December, but it kind of worries me that this is the third time they have lost my paper work and not bothered to call me and tell me. It has been three different hospitals that have done it, so it is not like one place is incompetent. It just means they are all incompetent.
The problem with this one was I did not go to the 'regular' lady that does all the scheduling for the surgeon I am seeing. She had just left when I got there and they had me go to a different person. I don't know if that is where the mixup happened, but when I called the 'regular' lady today, she had never heard of me and said she would have to go find my paperwork and schedule me for the class. She told me she would call me back either this week or next to tell me when the class is, but if they wait until next week and then have to schedule the surgery after that, then with the waiting list for this type of thing, I don't know if that puts me all the way back to Christmas or not. I am hoping I am not in the hospital for Christmas since it will be William's first and the first one where Maeghan really knows what is going on. But I do not want to put it off until after Christmas, so if that is when it is, then I will take it.
It does mean I might get to see Maeghan's recital. That is on Dec. 17, so I hope to be there when she does it. She is really proud of herself and really likes doing it. I am not sure how she will handle doing it in front of all those people, but hopefully, she will be ok. She is still the only one who follows the teacher. All the others never do what the teacher says but Maeghan watches and follows right behind her. When we were there the other day, they gave us her new costume for the recital. She is a purple butterfly. The ended the class early so everyone could try on their costumes and when they had all done that, she wanted to get back up on the stage and keep dancing. When I told her we have to go, she said she was not finished yet and she still had to sing. They don't sing in this class but she probably meant dance. We had to wait until everyone else had left before she would get off the stage and leave.
There are a couple of other classes after hers and some on other days. All of them will be performing at the recital. Maeghan's group is second onstage, but they have to wait until the end as all the students are in the final act. I think they just go up on stage and bow, but we are not allowed to see anything they are going to do until the night of the play, so we don't know what they are going to do.
I asked about video and photography. They are thinking about having their own video guy do a professional job, which means no one else will be allowed to do it. If they do, then it will cost $30 dollars for the DVD but I am sure it won't be copy protected, so I can make copies when I get home. It will be the whole program, which is about two hours long, but maybe I can edit it and only keep the parts with Maeghan in it.
I don't know about flash photography. I will assume they will discourage it during the performance but we can get pictures before and after, so that won't be a problem. They have a photo day on Dec. 3 where they have someone coming in to take pictures. We will get some then and make copies on the computer to send. I will take some pictures also, just so we have lots, and send them to everyone.
We are kind of worried about when I have my operation in that if ist is still going to be Dec. 7 or 14, Juanita will have to be here by herself to go through it. I don't want that to happen but I do not under any circumstances want anyone coming over from America. I will be fine. It is just Juanita having to go through it while watching William and Maeghan, and having to do it all by herself. When we find out the actual date, I will look at what options we have and make arrangements for someone to be here with her. her parents are not scheduled to be here until Dec. 17, but I can move their tickets up if we have to. I will also see if Natalie can come down for it but she is having boy friend problems and I am not sure that will be possible. Angela will probably be back by then, but she has four kids or her own to watch and I don't think having them all at the hospital will be a good idea. If she does come, then maybe Michael can watch a couple of the kids and Angela can take the baby with her to be with Juanita.
Like I said, this is for Juanita and not for me. I don't want anyone to come over and waste their time sitting around the hospital while I recover. If anyone is going to come over, wait until after I recover in a few months and then we can show them around and have a real visit but it is not necessary to be here for the operation. There is very little risk in the operation, even though it sounds like there is a lot, but they do this all the time now and it won't be a problem. I just worry about Juanita.
I was even thinking about sending her over to Tasmania so she would not have to be alone but I am sure that is not even a remote possibility as she won't leave. But, she could go over there, I could have the operation, and then she could come back when her parents come over. That way, she would not have to be alone during the operation and she could see me before I get out of the hospital and be there to bring me home.
I know that is not very likely, but I do not want her to be by herself. We will work something out. Hopefully, she will be fully recovered from the pregnancy by then and not have any lingering pain. I think the best option is to get her parents over here, but if we were going to do that, we should have done it before the baby was born so they could be here to help me take care of Juanita, the baby, and Maeghan. But, it is too late now.
I will let everyone know as the situation changes. William will probably be here the next time I write, so wish us luck with that. One lady that was in the hospital with Juanita and was a week behind her in the pregnancy, had her baby last night. So, it is possible Juanita will go into labor soon but probably not very likely. Juanita is jealous and called the other lady names when she brought the baby around but her baby is healthy and well so there should not be any problems with William.
Maeghan has just woken up from a nap, so I have to go get her. I will write as soon as the baby is born.
Talk to you next time
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