Angela Verdenius's Blog - Posts Tagged "cancelled"

Unbelievable! Mum and I were at the hospital by 7am for her surgery on Tuesday morning and she was first or second on the list, then because of bed shortages and other delays the list was changed and she was last. Then it got too late, the surgeon had hoped to start her by 3 to 3:30pm but she was STILL in the waiting room and he was still operating on others, and as her surgery is going to be about 3 hrs long (as we found out), it was going to be too late. Hence, they cancelled it and re-booked for the 11th Dec with Mum being first on the list. Poor old Mum, she was worried about the op, had herself all revved for it, and then after 8 hrs of sitting and waiting, was sent home. I'd spent the last 3 hrs with her, so at least I was still there when they broke the news.

Anyway, we both have the rest of the week off work, and luckily my boss is very understanding and has agreed for me to take another weeks annual leave from the 11th Dec. Also luckily, Mum being a traffic warden, the police have been really understanding and are okay fro her to have time off then as well for her op. Christmas school holidays in West Aust start not long after so she won't go back to work then until Feb, so on the good side, she'll have a longer recovery period.
Also, the surgeon doesn't have an op list on the 11th but is coming in specially to do Mum's op, so that's awesome.

On the plus side, having the rest of this week off, I've been able to get a lot of writing done. Yes! Every cloud has a silver lining! LOL