Friday, surgery was scheduled for 1:30 pm. I got there at noon to get pre op torture done; you know, those flimsy gowns, the IV started, surgical site scrubbed, pre op sedation and such. But about the time they were going to take me to the operating room the surgeon comes in. He says he can't believe it but the sterilizer for the joint replacement instruments has broken.!!!
No way he can safely perform the operation with no sterile back up instruments. He was not happy but I think I may have been even unhappier.
I had to get all unhooked , IV taken out etc.. Plus groggy from pre op sedation . Thank God my hubby was still there and able to get me safely into the car. I was so thirsty!!!! No food or water since midnight and now was 2:30.
i really could hardly believe it. Everything was all set up with extra help and friends bringing food and room made ready. Of course the worst was getting myself all pumped up, mentally and emotionally ready to get it done.
Now I have to reschedule the surgery, second guessing my decision.
Guess there must have been some reason for the delay besides a broken sterilizer. I'm just really down now though.
Wow! That's unbelievable, only one sterilizer in the hospital? But you know what they say, everything happens for a reason. You may not know what it is now, but maybe sometime in the future. I know you must be terribly disappointed but maybe it happened for a really good reason.
Thats awful....to have gone so far then no op but as Kath says there will have been a reason {for the best} I'm sorry....I can only imagine how you feel. I had a DEXA scan and it was cancelled 3 different times on the morning it was due to take place. I know how I felt about that ant it was only a DEXA scan not my THR's
Thank you Eileen, the whole redoing it thing is not fun! But the surgery was rescheduled for day after tomorrow so almost no wait, Wednesday will see me getting a brand new shiny , cyst free hip joint. The prosthesis is a metal and plastic combo and they select the size after carefully measuring X-rays.
Now for the bright side of the cancelation. 👍. I was able to attend the funeral for a young man, 21, from our church. It was such a horrible thing, losing their child suddenly in a car wreck. Then Sunday I was able to take our youngest son, his wife and their baby out to supper to celebrate his birthday.
So, you were right about there being a silver lining to the cancellation.
I toatally agree with Kathee, I'm a great believer in fate, so it just wasn't your time, but as for the hospital only having one steriliser unbelievable, I would be looking for some sort of compensation for all the stress you went thru,
Lol, yes I really do wish it were that fair! Ought to give me a freebie for the pain & suffering☺️ But likely they'll say that whether or not I had the surgery I still used up a room, IV equipment and pre op medication. Right now I just want it over and done. I want so badly to be able to move without pain.