To the Hospital and Back Home. Pancakes!
Oct. 17th, 2025 03:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerToday Hawk had her foot surgery. Her first of two foot surgeries. There's one for each foot.
We were at the big clinic in Mountain View for about 4 hours. That included time for check in, pre-op checks, 90 minutes in the OR, and then recovery and discharge. The surgery time was long so I went upstairs to the cafeteria to wait it out instead of sitting in the surgery center's waiting area. Call that a bit of pro mode.
Another bit of pro mode was basically knowing where everything is at the clinic. Every time a nurse or other staffer started to give me directions to some place, like here to park the car to pick up Hawk for discharge, I stopped them and said, "I know. We've been here a lot before. Unfortunately."
Once back home Hawk wanted pancakes. That's her usual post-surgery indulgent meal. We've done it lot before, unfortunately. 😂
Yes, the pancakes are actually slightly purple. They're ube mochi pancakes. This time I didn't troll her family about her loving chocolate chip pancakes. It's no fun; they all complete failed the "Do you know your own daughter/sister?" test last time.
After lunch Hawk curled up on the sofa to watch some videos. I'm taking it easy this afternoon, too, having taken the day off from work.
Edited to add: Some people might wonder why I posted a picture of pancakes but not the patient or the result of her surgery. That is by request. Hawk instructed me not to include any pictures of any part of her in this journal entry.
We were at the big clinic in Mountain View for about 4 hours. That included time for check in, pre-op checks, 90 minutes in the OR, and then recovery and discharge. The surgery time was long so I went upstairs to the cafeteria to wait it out instead of sitting in the surgery center's waiting area. Call that a bit of pro mode.
Another bit of pro mode was basically knowing where everything is at the clinic. Every time a nurse or other staffer started to give me directions to some place, like here to park the car to pick up Hawk for discharge, I stopped them and said, "I know. We've been here a lot before. Unfortunately."
Once back home Hawk wanted pancakes. That's her usual post-surgery indulgent meal. We've done it lot before, unfortunately. 😂
Yes, the pancakes are actually slightly purple. They're ube mochi pancakes. This time I didn't troll her family about her loving chocolate chip pancakes. It's no fun; they all complete failed the "Do you know your own daughter/sister?" test last time.
After lunch Hawk curled up on the sofa to watch some videos. I'm taking it easy this afternoon, too, having taken the day off from work.
Edited to add: Some people might wonder why I posted a picture of pancakes but not the patient or the result of her surgery. That is by request. Hawk instructed me not to include any pictures of any part of her in this journal entry.
