My Mom has had a bad back for almost a year.  She is in a bad way!  All I have to say is that she better thank her lucky stars that I am invested in her staying young, because I forced her to a doctor, made her a surgery appointment, and today is the big day!
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She tried to claim she was a bit nervous, but I poo-pooed it.
Plus, at least I didn’t drop her off at the curb this time — and that she make her less nervous!
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Everything was great…
Dr. Bhatia was completely confident in the surgery.
Her anesthesiologist is sending a boy to my kid’s school this fall, so we chatted it up — and I promised I would give her good school tips if she did a good job.
And the resident was mormon, and promised to give her a Priesthood blessing during surgery if necessary.
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And then the nurse came in to give her the IV — and then the nerves started, as my mom had to be pricked several times with blood running down her finger.