Ooohhh.... it's all looking official now!
Posted by abbanabba | 31 Oct, 2008
Well I've got it all in writing now! My letter from Flinders Medical Centre arrived this week and they haven't changed their minds... they're still determined to ruin my birthday 
So, it looks like rather than being shipped off to Royal Adelaide, they'll be performing the surgery at Flinders Medical Centre... although given it's a teaching hospital, I'm crossing all my wiggly bits that I don't end up with the work experience kid!!! 
I was also building my hopes up that I'd get a swanky private room with Foxtel, spa-bath, and a mini-bar, but it looks like they've got standard wards for the general unwashed - D'oh!! Mind you, with enough pain meds I probably won't know the difference anyway; hell - as far as I'll be concerned, I could be kicking back in the Carribean drinking fruity cocktails with Bradd Pitt and Johnny Depp (woo-hoo!) 
....or maybe not...! 
In the meantime they've booked me in for a Pre-Admission Clinic (oh my!) on Friday, 5th Dec, where I'll spend an entire fun-filled morning having x-rays, blood and urine samples taken (hopefully not at the same time!), an ECG, and then a meet-and-greet with my "team": the anaesthetist, cardiac doctor, physio, cardiac nurse and ....oh dear.... a cardiac surgical research person..! Well that's just as bad as a work experience kid!! And it appears my surgeon is steering clear. Probably trying to avoid me after choosing such an auspicious date for my surgery.
Chicken!
Oh and after that I get to visit the ICU ward. Golly gee, doesn't that sound like fun?!
Of course, prior to all this I can also look forward to a trip to the dentist. How lucky can a girl get? Not lucky enough to win a substantial amount on her lotto to pay for said dentist, that's for sure!... although hopefully there'll be nothing more required than a clean and check (that back tooth doesn't really hurt at all... especially when I'm not eating sweet treats and cold stuff..!).
<..sigh..> I definitely think it's time to have a good chat with the Karma Fairy.... I just don't think he's been paying much attention to his work lately - probably too busy downloading porn to concentrate on the important stuff 
Honestly. It's just so hard to find good help these days!
