Surgery....Finallyl

Some of the nurses here are jerk faces. The nurse tonight came out and talked to us and asked that only immediate family visit Robbie until after his surgery. My dad said, "I have a lot of kids, they'll all be up here, so any kids that are here are mine." I guess that covers all of Robbie's friends as immediate family, right?

But the visiting has slowed down a lot since the nurse proclaimer of her superiority to my parents wishes. I'm pretty sure the only reason she complained is because most of the visitors are 18-22. But they've been pretty quiet and respectful and they're definitely not hurting Robbie at all. Mandy (Robbie's long-term girlfriend) and Ryan (a friend) have been staying at the hospital with my mom and I. Marisa (Christa's sister... and Robbie's friend) has also been staying in Columbia. She comes over to the hospital everyday to visit. I like having her around, because I know her more I guess.

Robbie's surgery was originally supposed to be on Tuesday (3rd) but it got postponed because he now has tubes coming out of both of his lungs. It looks pretty gross because gunky blood and stuff drains from them. But they said it would make his lungs work better to get them cleaned out. The surgery actually happened on Friday (6th). The doctor said the surgery would take between 6 and 12 hours, but it was finished after only about 4. They said that everything went smoothly and as expected. And they're hoping to have the ventilator out tomorrow, then Robbie will be able to start talking and being awake instead of sedated all day.

Mom and I went and got him some balloons from the gift shop, one of them says "This balloon will keep you busy until you are better..(Turn Over)," and says the same thing on the other side. I thought it was kinda funny and much more Robbie-ish than the ones that say "Get Well Soon" and "God Bless You" and have flowers and girly things on them.

Robbie's poster is getting messages all over it. It's cute, although i'm very unhappy with the performance of those Crayola Markers. Some of them were running out before the poster was even finished. I thought about returning them and saying that they weren't even one time use quality. Maybe i should call Crayola and complain....or maybe they have a website where i can do it.....

Still no bar exam studying.....

WAKE UP, ROBBIE!!!!

Robbie continues to have tons of visitors. Sometimes I wonder how many visitors I would have if i were in the I.C.U., but that's a stupid thing to think about. Robbie has a lot of good friends.

Because I'm kind of bored and don't want to study for the bar, and because we all want Robbie's room to look warm and inviting when he wakes up finally (and you're not allowed to have live things, like flowers), I finally decided against getting a pet cockroach on a leash (like ANTM) to keep him company. I'm sure the hospital would have LOVED my kind gesture. So i went to Walmart and bought some Crayola Brand markers (they work they best...) and a posterboard. Wendy helped me color a poster that says, "Robbie, We (heart) you!". There is plenty of space all over for his friends to write little notes and stuff. It's kind of like a gigantic card. I hung it up on his bulletin board.

Also, I had a bunch of "i am loved" pins/buttons in different languages and colors from Helzberg Diamonds when i went ring shopping with Jason and Erica.... or more accurately Jason, Mom, and I went ring shopping with Erica.... I had jokingly suggested putting them all over Robbie's face so that it might wake him up, but i don't think he would be very happy about me putting pins through his face. I would have pinned them on his gown - but he's been naked for days....

So i put the pins all over the poster. It's cute. I'm sure he'll think it's doofus-y when he wakes up, but I don't care. I love my Bubby!

**Disclaimer: Anything that embarrasses Robbie in this post should never be spoken of to his face, and I may call him Guy, Rob, Robbie, Bub, Bubby.... and it all means the same thing. Don't get confused!