Thursday, June 18, 2009

Due to booking issues, the date for Tommy's surgery has been changed from next Monday to next Tuesday. Yesterday, we spent the afternoon at Milford Hospital (an hour's drive north) for Tommy's preadmission appointments--three different meetings--first with the screener, then the o.r. nurse, and then the anesthesiologist, Dr. "Lisa". (Like Tommy's primary-care doctor, Rajshekar Narasimaiah, she has become known by her first name because her last name is hard to remember.) Last night was rough, as Tommy was tired and also had digestive problems; but today he rebounded, with fifty arm pulls on the wall pulley and 450 foot strokes on the pedal exerciser. Because the bile-duct obstruction is affecting his ability to process fat, his diet is heavy on soups and stews, with no meat but lots of seafood and beans.