My surgery is finally scheduled for this coming Monday at 10:30am at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bellingham, WA. I have been told I will need to be in overnight to make sure everything is OK.
This surgery on my lower back is for now. I also have another needed surgery on my neck that will wait until after my lower back heals.
I am hoping that I will only need a week off from work but that is in God’s hands. Good things are happening in the harvest fields with church planting and God continues to use me.
So, please pray that the Great Physician and Healer will guide Dr. Goldman as he opens me up with a small incision and does his work.
Now here’s my list of the top 10 things you do not want to hear from your surgeon while you are on the table:
10. “Oh, just pick that up off the floor and we’ll use it again.”
9. “What’s this red stuff that won’t stop coming out of him?”
8. “Can someone please find my textbook on surgery.”
7. “What’s a scapel?”
6.” Is that bone or muscle?”
5. “Where’s the phone number for his next of kin?”
4. “I think I forgot to use soap when I washed my hands.”
3. “2 out of 3 isn’t so bad.”
2. “But I was sure I was supposed to cut off the bone on the right.”
1. (The all-time worse thing to hear your surgeon say in the middle of your surgery) “OOPS!”
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