{"id":32112,"date":"2018-09-17T07:41:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T14:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=32112"},"modified":"2018-09-19T04:00:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T11:00:43","slug":"monday-time-for-an-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=32112","title":{"rendered":"Monday&#8230;Time For A Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Q: What&#8217;s the difference between a general practitioner and a specialist? <\/strong><br\/><strong>A: One treats what you have, the other thinks you have what he treats.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went to the hospital at 9:00 AM only to find out the doctors were doing a &#8220;who&#8217;s on first&#8221; conversation&#8230;we expect orders late this morning and then we have to find a room\/technician to do the actual work!\u00a0 It&#8217;s complicated.\u00a0 \u00a0I returned home as I forgot my phone, duh!!\u00a0 Michele called when I got home and she was at the hospital and was going to visit her mom for a while!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So they finally decided to look at the aneurism in the brain first before the carotid procedure.\u00a0 She was prepped and the procedure began at 4:00 PM&#8230; Sue was back in her room by 8:00 PM.\u00a0 Irene and Robin waited with me until the doctor came\u00a0 out with the results.\u00a0 More tests and consultations needed!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a &#8220;cartoon&#8221; of the carotid artery operation&#8230; informative and not so &#8220;bloody&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=fGw0oBmmuHM<\/p>\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in the actual video of the process (and you can stand blood and guts), take a look at this video&#8230;not for the squeamish!\u00a0 It is quite informative and it makes the reason for a 90 minute operation fairly clear!<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Mount Sinai Surgical Film Atlas: Carotid Endarterectomy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oa8XV27KNAY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Before returning to the hospital, I stopped by Bed, Bath, and Beyond as I wanted to dress up the house a bit before Sue comes home.\u00a0 I\u00a0 carefully selected new dining room table centerpiece, selected thee electronic flickering candles and eight new placemats in the fall season theme.\u00a0 Actually, for a non-artistic guy, it looks OK&#8230; We shall see when the boss comes home!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"233\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/09\/candles.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/09\/candles.jpg 477w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/09\/candles-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/09\/candles-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/09\/candles-450x220.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><figcaption>They look pretty real!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I returned to the hospital at 9:00 PM with wine and chocolate chip cookies&#8230;Sue was uncomfortable after the procedure and they would not let he get up for another four hours until the entrance into the femur artery has had a chance to seal up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heading for home about 9:45 PM I decided not to eat but crash early instead!\u00a0 Good choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: What&#8217;s the difference between a general practitioner and a specialist? 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