SURGERY DATE CHANGE

Hi all!! I have some bad news. Last friday night, I got a phone call informing me that my surgery had been rescheduled until February 8th. I will now be leaving on Feb. 5th. Unfortunately, the guy and I had to switch appts due to him needing the surgery quite quickly. I am sorry for all the inconvenience it has caused anyone. I'll keep you all updated whenever I have anymore information!

Love,

Nicole

OK, I emailed Dr. Sutherland's assistant this week because I hadn't received any paperwork about the surgery. She emailed me today and told me I should have been contacted by another woman to schedule my endoscopy on Wednesday. I wasn't! So does this mean I don't have to have it, I hope?! I don't want to be under anesthesia on Wednesday and be in the hospital that day too. So, I'll be in the hospital wed. at 7:45 with Dr. Sutherland for all the pre-testing and stuff, but possibly not an endoscopy. Then on Friday, I'll be admitted bright and early at 5:30am. I'm sure surgery will be at like 6:30 or something. They usually prep you for an hour or two. I'll be in surgery for 12 hours and she said that Dr. Sutherland will come out and talk to the family when they are "dissecting" my pancreas to get the cells. She said procedure, I say dissect. Anyways, that's the latest on everything.

FLIGHTS

Ok, Mom, James, and I are flying out on United at 6:50pm. We will be at Chicago Midway from 7:12-8:00p and finally land in Minneapolis at 9:32p. We are staying at the Radisson Inn right across from the U of Minneapolis Hospital where I will be staying. At least I can enjoy a comfy bed for a couple of nights! I've listed the addresses below for you. I don't know the hospital room number yet, but will add it as soon as I know!

Radisson University Hotel
615 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-379-8888
Rm #?? Under Tara/Dave Lawrence

right now all i know is the transplant clinic information for the hospital. I'm not sure how you can get to the room information and such, but I'll update this when I get up there. for right now, here's what I have:

516 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Dr. Sutherland's Office # 612-625-5609

I am going to be making my plane tickets today. Dad is coming up on Thursday night and then James, mom, and I will fly up on Tuesday night, hopefully. I emailed the doctor today because I haven't received any of my paperwork to know what the plan is for the days before the surgery. The only thing i know right now is that i have to be there on wed. at 7:45am for a lot of blood work and an endoscopy and stuff, so I'll be under anesthesia that day. She said I'll probably have to fast and stuff before, but will someone let me know for sure?! Not sure if I'm ready for all of this. I had a rough Christmas thanks to the pain, but I'm not sure if I'm ready to be in more pain to get better. Quite scared of that.