We got checked in at the hospital and were soon brought to
the room to prepare for the procedure. Chris got all dressed up and in the bed
before the nurse finished the preparations and he was wheeled out.
I read a pregnancy book while waiting for his return. He came back much sooner than I expected. He was dozing peacefully and I was told he would come around in about 15 minutes. After taking note of how cute he is when he sleeps, I continued to pass the time by reading until he woke up. The peaceful tranquility was disrupted when Chris’ arm pressure cuff went off and he startled awake. He swung his arms around wildly and said something undiscernible in deep, slurred speech, and as if on cue, the doctor came in to report the findings. Everything looked great, and we got some sweet pictures of Chris’ colon! Chris was quite conversational, despite people having a difficult time knowing what he was saying. We had been excited to see his reaction to coming out of anesthesia, since hearing about his reaction the last time he was under to get his wisdom teeth out. But he was disappointingly cool and collected, if not a little more kind and conversational (he was thanking the nurses/doctors for EVERYTHING multiple times and telling them everything from animation stuff to how we were expecting our first child). He insisted that his meal of choice after the long 24+ hours of fasting was: hashbrowns from McDonalds. Hard to please, this guy! Besides recovering from a bit of drowsiness, he was completely normal by the time lunch rolled around. So we had to go to work and go about our normal day when we had prepared for it being a completely out of the ordinary type of day.
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| Semi-glare from the hospital bed |
I read a pregnancy book while waiting for his return. He came back much sooner than I expected. He was dozing peacefully and I was told he would come around in about 15 minutes. After taking note of how cute he is when he sleeps, I continued to pass the time by reading until he woke up. The peaceful tranquility was disrupted when Chris’ arm pressure cuff went off and he startled awake. He swung his arms around wildly and said something undiscernible in deep, slurred speech, and as if on cue, the doctor came in to report the findings. Everything looked great, and we got some sweet pictures of Chris’ colon! Chris was quite conversational, despite people having a difficult time knowing what he was saying. We had been excited to see his reaction to coming out of anesthesia, since hearing about his reaction the last time he was under to get his wisdom teeth out. But he was disappointingly cool and collected, if not a little more kind and conversational (he was thanking the nurses/doctors for EVERYTHING multiple times and telling them everything from animation stuff to how we were expecting our first child). He insisted that his meal of choice after the long 24+ hours of fasting was: hashbrowns from McDonalds. Hard to please, this guy! Besides recovering from a bit of drowsiness, he was completely normal by the time lunch rolled around. So we had to go to work and go about our normal day when we had prepared for it being a completely out of the ordinary type of day.
And so the day of the long-awaited, anxiety-causing colonoscopy
passed without much more excitement
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