The Op 手术

Except for two occasions I needed to go to the bathroom due to the effect of the medicine, I had good sleep that night. I woke up around 6am, getting myself ready. Psalm 91 was what I read that morning, I remembered the last verse :

16 With long life will I satisfy him 
       and show him my salvation

The nurses arrived around 6.30am. They told me I am the first case for the day in the operating theater，to remove diseased part of the colon.  I was pushed to the theater after changing to the gown and the long socks which aided blood circulation. Other than the nurses and helper,  the Anesthetist was attending to me. I prayed along the way, and while waiting for the operation. 


The door to the theatre was opened around 7.20am. It was busy at the theater with much activities to get ready for the op. The anesthetist pulled mask of the "laughing gas" over me, I was unconscious before I realized it.

What the doctors did not tell family members was the additional time needed to let the patient got over the anesthesia. Doctors informed my wife that the operation would last for 3 hours, from 8 to 11am. She was naturally anxious having to wait another 2.5hrs outside the op theater. I felt the pain at lower abdomen when I woke up. I saw my wife just outside the theater. 


Immediately I was pushed back to the High Dependency Ward. There were many needles and tubes attached to me. The afternoon past between light sleeps and some short waking hours. Blood pressure and body temperature were monitored hourly. Pastor came to anoint me with oil and prayed for me. My brother came, some family members and friends as well. The doctors has declared the op a success. I was thankful to them and most of all, to the Great Healer above.

It was a 6-bedder ward, 5 beds were occupied. The other patients were more elderly. I prayed that they would soon recover. The nurses came by frequently to monitor each patients, giving injections and answering to the many needs. Nonetheless, I managed to rest fairly well throughout the night despite the hives of activities around me, some snoring from other etc....