Written by Adeline:
It was a long day of waiting and appointments. Our day started at 9am when we headed to Boston Children Hospital. Our first appointment was with the anesthesiologists. They talked to me about my general health, had us sign some papers, then told me about what they are going to do to get me asleep- IV's and gas, and then I had blood taken. It actually did not hurt at all because they had special numbing cream! All of that took about 2 hours. After my anesthesiologist appointment we headed up to the orthopedics building to meet with my surgeon, Dr. Novais. There we signed more papers and talked to Dr. Novais. He explained my surgery more in depth, looked at my x-rays, and showed me where my incision was going to be. His nurse practitioner, Ariana told me about my recovery and how she is going to help me get better as soon as I can. They are both very kind and amazing!
We had some lunch at the hospital cafe we went to the radiology department to get my CT scan done. The CT scan did not take long at all, only about 5 min in the machine. The appointments were almost done, we only had one more to go. My last appointment at the day was around 6:30, the sweet MRI. The MRI took about 30 min in the sweet sandcastle machine. I was given the option to either watch a movie or listen to music in the MRI. I love my country music, so I choose to listen to music. As I got out of the machine, I smiled and took a deep breath. The 11 hour hospital pre-op day was over. We ate dinner and headed back to the medical housing at 8:30 pm. It was a long day. However, I was more excited than I was nervous. The time has finally come where I can play sports, be active, live a normal life -- pain free. After 5 years of waiting, its finally time!
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