"The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry..." Robert Burns. "Into each life a little rain must fall..." Ella Fitzgerald. Yesterday was my day to fulfill aphorisms. There I lay in the prep room for cataract surgery with a nice nurse helping me. A bit into the preparation she left the room for a few minutes. With glasses taken away I was marveling on how far I could see with the eye which operated on three weeks ago. The nurse reentered the room and announced "You're going home."
As it turns out my pre-op physical was completed 32 days ago and regulations specify not more than 30 days before operation. So, home I went. Likely it's a liability issue becasue if something did go amiss with the surgery legal or insurance sleuths would have latched unto the discrepancy. There was a cancelation so, rather than having to wait for months, it's rescheduled for early March.
If nothing worse than that happens to me I'm very fortunate.
Takk for alt,
Al
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