Well, it's finally (almost) here. Tomorrow is my surgery date and I get to wake up bright and early to go get my jaw cracked, 5:30 to be exact. I won't go into the operating room until approximately 7:30, and the early arrival is to leave plenty of time to get the anesthesia and other prep work done. Luckily we are within walking distance of the hospital and I'll get a chance to move around a bit before lying down for what will seem like forever.
My surgeon was happy to report that my model surgery, which is done with the molds made from the impressions mentioned in "As long as I don't come out looking like Penelope..." , went very well. He also realized through the model that double jaw surgery really is the only way to go for me to come out with the best results. Surgery is set to take about four hours and end around 12 o'clock, however, it could realistically take six hours. After that I will be in the hospital overnight, and possibly for a second day, depending on how well the operation goes. I realize that in earlier posts I said I would post daily after surgery, but I have no idea how I will feel tomorrow or the day after, so don't go crazy and get all up in my grill or assume that I died if I don't start blogging as soon as I'm out of the O.R. I promise I will catch all of you up once I am fit to type.
Aside from all of the official business of tomorrow morning, I'm set to go! Even though surgery is looming, I still don't feel all that worried and the biggest qualm I have at the moment is that I might wake up starving. I can't eat or drink anything after midnight, so I've been feasting for the past few days; I'm pretty sure I ate close to a whole cake over the weekend. Don't judge. As for my "last supper", I was in bacon cheeseburger heaven.
