{"id":1331,"date":"2007-04-03T01:25:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-03T01:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2007-04-03T01:25:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-03T01:25:00","slug":"day-92-%e2%80%94-the-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/the-family\/day-92-%e2%80%94-the-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 92 \u2014 The Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My day started at the unreasonable hour of 5:30 a.m. Parched and morning breathy, I climbed into the back seat of my dad’s truck and directed him toward the Midtown Surgery Center, where we shuffled into the lobby for a fun round of paperwork and network morning shows. An hour later, I was called back and told to drop trou and everything else, pee in a cup, put on a gown, put a paper cap over my hair, put on some little booties, and stuff my belongings into a plastic bag. Then I hopped onto a little gurney (with a heated blanket!) and laid around while the pre-op nurse stuck things into my hand (which I couldn’t see, since I had to take my contacts out, too) and fussed over it because my veins were so shy. What can I say, they’d never been seduced by a needle before. <\/p>\n

A little later, I was in the operating room, telling the anesthesiologist that I wasn’t feeling anything, and watching as he poked a needle into the IV and filled it with sleep juice. And then I woke up with a bandage on my foot and a can of apple juice in my hand and the distinct feeling that I had had a crazy dream that just slipped through my fingers and would never come back to me. Like a stray dog in a parking lot, running away from me, ducking under the cars. <\/p>\n

Oh well, it wasn’t a big deal and I’m fine. I will probably try to go back to work tomorrow unless my foot is really sore and I can’t drive or walk. I’ve got hydrocodone to help me out with that, though. (Except for the driving part, I guess.) Man, that stuff knocks me out without even knowing it. Just now I passed out in the sunlight in front of the Colbert Report<\/i> and dreamed about dunking my foot in some water and then freaking out because it’s supposed to stay bandaged and dry. And then I woke up and Chappelle’s Show<\/i> was on, and it was dark outside. <\/p>\n

I’ve got to be supervised for 24 hours, so Phil’s stepping in for the parents (who were so precious and doting and I love them very much). No wine during that time. <\/p>\n

I am counting the minutes. And I’m going back to sleep. <\/p>\n

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