Dad has been in surgery since noon. I have been pacing up and down the corridor outside the OT since 3pm. Status showed that he's out of operation and is at the recovery room. I waited and waited till I'm cold, frightened and having wild thoughts.
I decided to head back to the room (where mom was) to wait. Shortly past 4pm, I got a call to say that dad will be pushed back to his ward.
When we finally saw him, he was awake and alert. After the nurses transferred him to his bed, they fussed over him to check his vital stats. A group of doctors came in to check on him and informed that the operation went well. There is a tube and bottle still attached to drain the pus. They informed that he'll soon feel pain which the nurses will give him painkillers.
After the doctors left, dad's first question was 'how is the operation?' We told him that the doctor said it went well. He told mom that he didn't know and remember a thing about the operation. That is of course as he's under general anesthesia. He added, "鬼门关走一圈回来了。"
Soon he felt pain especially when he coughed. Nurse asked him to rate his pain score on a scale of 1 to 10 and he said 10. So the nurse gave him two types of painkiller.
A while later the pain subsided and he was able to drink some clear soup.
As I watched mom fed dad soup, I realized my heart is not thumping hard like before. I was no longer nervous and scared. There's a renewed sense of calm and confidence that everything will be ok.
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