ACL Surgery, Part 2

My wedding anniversary is Jan 23rd, a man cannot find a better day to go through the surgery than the that very date. Anyway back to surgery, I was very worried about the post operation feeling especially the nausea, the crazy pain ... etc.

Early in the morning, I checked myself in and signed on those tremendous amount of paper. "This is to bill the insurance, that to send your medical report, this is to.. and so on and so forth"

The first thing was to dress in this large cheerful gown. The first injection was numbing the area of the IV and then the full sleep effect will follow- Anesthesia!
I told the nurse I will raise my hand high and start to count till I pass out; one... two ... th..ree....
A nurse shouting: 'Marwan, wake up... wake up Marwan'
I was trying hard to ignore her and enjoy the moment of peaceful sleeping but she kept shouting and I completely forgot why I was sleeping on this bed! oh the surgery; 'Excuse me nurse, is the surgery over or not yet?' 'Not yet' she replied with a smile. It went fine, very fine Marwan. Your friend will be here to pick you up.' 'It's over!!' I was just counting the seconds.'


to be continued,,,