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December 13 Tuesday – PLAQUE REMOVAL DAY

It was Tuesday! I made it. It was time to get the plaque removed. I jumped in
the way back of the Denali, Jay drove. Mom took her car, since she was
going to head home after the procedure. Off to Kaiser Santa Clara we went,
as we'd done all the times before. We parked in the same parking lot, entered
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in the same entrance and went up the elevator to the 4 floor. We walked
down the hall to the registration area where Rose the admittance nurse
was. At this point, I was completely calm. I knew exactly what was going to
happen. I was ready for the plaque to be out and to start healing. Quickly
they called my name. Into the pre-op room I went. I knew the drill, change
my clothes, lay down, the nurses came in to prepare me for surgery. Once I
was changed, Jay and mom came in, just as they had done before. I was
very relaxed. The IV was placed and I laid there waiting patiently. It was my
turn. I said by to mom and Jay, gave them a quick thumb up, then the nurses
rolled me down the hall to surgery. The last IV injection, kicked in. I was a
sleep.

PICTURE

The surgery went quickly. Only about 40 minutes this time. Again, I was
under sedation the whole time. Once they finished, they rolled me out and
back into the post op area, which was the same as the pre-op, if I hadn't
mentioned that before. I was coming out of the anesthesia and felt
good. There was no pain and no discomfort, but I was still numb like
before. My right eye was covered with another patch. While I came too, Dr.
Phan came in. She was happy to hear my feedback about the new radiation
plaque she had used from EYE PHYSICS. Dr. Phan shared the post op care I
would need to do, which was pretty much the same as the pre op care. Put