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Hospital Visit Yesterday
Hospital Visit Yesterday
Because Steve's knee replacement operation has been brought forward to next month, we had to spend all day at the hospital for his pre-op checks. We got there at 7.30 in the morning and we didn't get out of there until nearly 3.00 in the afternoon. It was mostly waiting to speak to the surgeons and the anesthetist. He also had to get his blood tests urine test and an x-ray on his right knee.
We finally got out of there and now all he has to do is get one more blood test next week and he is done until he goes to the hospital to get the surgery.
Even though he is getting it done under Medicare as a public patient, they are doing it at the private hospital across the road. It's to clear the backlog because Covid brought everything to a halt. He is nervous about getting it done, but he has had his left knee done last year so he does know what to expect.
Because Steve's knee replacement operation has been brought forward to next month, we had to spend all day at the hospital for his pre-op checks. We got there at 7.30 in the morning and we didn't get out of there until nearly 3.00 in the afternoon. It was mostly waiting to speak to the surgeons and the anesthetist. He also had to get his blood tests urine test and an x-ray on his right knee.
We finally got out of there and now all he has to do is get one more blood test next week and he is done until he goes to the hospital to get the surgery.
Even though he is getting it done under Medicare as a public patient, they are doing it at the private hospital across the road. It's to clear the backlog because Covid brought everything to a halt. He is nervous about getting it done, but he has had his left knee done last year so he does know what to expect.