Guest blogger....

Drove him to Ottawa Sunday night to stay with friends.
Got up at 5am Monday morning. Leave friends' home 5:30am
5:45 at hospital (pre admission unit (PAU) opens at 6am - parking lot opens at 7am, Tim Horton's opens at 7am - but PAU wants you there at 6am)
He goes to be prepped at 6:15
About 6:20 I get to do the paperwork
By 6:45 he is shaved showered and medicated with "happy pills" to ease tension
7:10 the gurneys arrive for the 3 patients scheduled for morning surbery.
7:15 he is wheeled and taken to the basement (where the OR is located) and I get to go down the elevator with him and say by-for-now
7:20 I have Tim's coffee and breakfast sandwich
By 8:00 am at home of friends, say that his bypass should be now starting (since they are so efficient)
8:10 go for shower - to wake-up from restless night and early morning
8:12 decide to bring cell phone to bathroom - just-in-case the hospital calls, though think that is silly
8:30 showered and dressed and just about to dry hair and cell phone rings
8:35 tell friends that his surgery has been cancelled - that is postponed due to missing anesthetist (away due to illness of child)
By 9:00 am back at hospital to pick him up (first time I go to room I forget to bring his clothes... must have been the breakdown moment)

I wish someone had given me some happy pills.....