Now for the 25th: I subed today for Mr cagle, DECA class. Only had to work until 1:15, when the kids went to lunch cause he had 4th period planning, so I could leave in plenty of time to go to be with Tom when they did the surgery. It was only supposerd to be an office procedure, but Tom called during 2nd period after seeing the surgeon and he wanted him to go straight to the hospital, it would be an outpatient procedure, but still done at the hospital. Ellie had the boys so I could be at the hospital with the Tom. My sub job went great, great classes, several kids I'd had before, well behaved, got right down to work. Really great classes. I'm glad I went ahead and took the job. Plus, while I was there Carolyn (Pasetti) asked me to sub for her on Monday :-) and you already know how much I love her class.
So I left at 1:15 and went to the hospital to be with Tom, they took him to surgery about 2:20, He came back from recovery about 4-4:30. The hernia was about 2 1/2 inchs in diameter. The recovery time should be one to two weeks, hopefully less than that, but with the amount of pain he is in, I doubt it. He was in alot of pain and the only thing they gave him for ity was Lortab 5, He asked for more, they gave a shot of Demerol which helped. Unfortunatly, the only thing the surgeon believes in giving his patients is Lortab, which to Tom is like candy. So that is all he has for pain. The pain, by the way, he has equated with doing 1000 sit-ups with a knife in your gut.
We are home now, Tom is having trouble getting comfortable anywhere, buit what can you do?