What else can we remove?

We're home and happy. All went as planned except that they had to give him a drug to RAISE his resting HR because at 45 bpm, it was too low for their liking. We laughed, cause 45 bpm is actually higher than normal for Mike, but cause he was nervous and all, he had a bit more pitter patter than his usual self. The hospital staff got a kick out of how low his resting HR and BP were and made several comments warning him NOT to go home and bike this afternoon.

Within 1 hour of 'coming to' Mike was requesting to get up and go pee. Apparently, once you can walk to the bathroom and pee, they let you outta da medical facilities cause all systems are a-go. I thought ya'll would appreciate these little known facts of general anesthesia.

Within 2 hours of his surgery we were sitting outdoors at Cole Coffee, sipping lattes and having scones.

And within 3 hours of the surgery we were out on a walk with the dog, with him hoping he could walk off the awful drugged feeling.

Tonight we'll be selling his Vicotin on the West Oakland streets at market rate if anyone's interested...
In the meantime, we're home, eating ice cream, watching movies, making popcorn, and thinking about what kind of pizza to order for dinner. Surgery is fun! We're thinking what 'we' could do next. Bunions? Ingrown toenails? Moles? Sign 'us' up cause we like the recovery.

The joke is that I would have to volunteer Mike for the actual surgery part. Little known Ali-fact is that I faint at practically every medical procedure and wouldn't have had Mike's 'cool-as-a-cucumber' attitude about anyof this. But I'm loving vegging around the house playing Nurse Ali.