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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Wednesday, April 16

4:02 a.m. - Today is finally here, but it wasn't until I dealt with another challenging and long day yesterday.  I went to the dang "clearance" appointment with my primary doctor, where I found out that he had nothing to do with the appointment - basically it's a "liability appointment" for the anesthesiologist and the surgeon.  If I die on the table today, they have an additional layer of protection that my doctor "cleared" me for surgery.  

After that, it was off to a meeting at the unit office, and then it was back to ICE for meetings there along with a couple of student issues.  After getting out of the last meeting about 4:15, I thought I was in the clear, but no.  Then there was a "situation" at my house that dropped in that I needed to take care of - too much to try to tell here, and it would be difficult to believe if it wasn't true.  

About 9 p.m. I followed all the instructions I had received for today - showered, wiped with disinfectant cloths, didn't eat or drink anything after midnight, etc.

So now I'm up early and ready to be at the hospital by 5:30 a.m., surgery by 7 a.m., and hopefully in recovery by 8:30 a.m.  And then after that I guess I'm going to follow orders and read my book(s) and hopefully be back tomorrow morning as soon as possible.  Let's get this done.  I need to get back to work, I need to get the pool opened, and I need to be able to walk and get exercise and lose some weight.

Things for School 

  • absent days for staff entered into SDS by the 15th of each month

OTHER THINGS

  • order a hood light switch for the Ford
  • April 16 - knee replacement surgery - Illini Hospital
    • be there at 5:30 a.m. - surgery is at 7 a.m.
  • April 18 - 9:00 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk
  • April 19 - fellas poker
  • April 21 - 9:20  a.m.  Moline ORA Blackhawk
  • April 23 - 10:00 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk
    • 1:30 Silvis Post Op Appointment (Avenue of Cities)
  • April 25 - 9:20 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk
  • April 28 - 9:20 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk
  • April 20 - 9:00 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk
  • April 30 - 10 a.m. - Milan Optical
  • May 2 - 9:00 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk
  • July 13-18 - Summer Camping Trip to Mackinac Island
  • April 16 - knee replacement surgery - Illini Hospital
  • July 13-18 - Summer Camping Trip to Mackinac Island
  • July 29 - bus refresher course 5 p.m.


Schedule of Knee Appointments
Jan. 14 - consultation with Hussein and cortisone shot - scheduled Apr. 16 surgery
March 24 - went to Illini Hospital - ekg, blood drawn, chest x-ray, urine sample, instructions
April 8 - 8:30 a.m. Pre-op with Hussein at Clinic
April 15 - appointment with Wang to clear me for April 16
April 16 - knee replacement surgery - Illini Hospital
April 18 - 9:00 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk
April 21 - 9:20  a.m.  Moline ORA Blackhawk
April 23 - 10:00 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk
    1:30 Silvis Post Op Appointment (Avenue of Cities)
April 25 - 9:20 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk
April 28 - 9:20 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk
April 30 - 9:00 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk
May 2 - 9:00 a.m. Moline ORA Blackhawk

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