Tucker had his second echo done back in November and got clearance from the anesthesiology team at CHOP so he is officially on the books for surgery on December 28th.
Right now we are planning on leaving our house after breakfast on the 27th and driving 6 hours to my aunt's house which is about 30-45 minutes outside the city where we will be staying the night. We won't find out until the afternoon of the 27th what time we actually need to be at the hospital. They have a phone number that we are to call between 330pm-6pm to find out what slot we got and what time we need to check in.
I got a call from a lady from the anesthesiology department on Wednesday and she went over all of our pre op instructions and what not. He can't eat any solid food after 11pm the night before and has to stop nursing 3 hours before we are scheduled to check in.
We are hoping, assuming he does well coming off the anesthesia, to head back home as soon as he is discharged. We would like to make it home while he is still sleepy from the medications rather than waiting until the next day when he will be more awake and possibly in pain.
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