Time For Surgery

We arrived at the Hughston Hospital early in the morning and the pre-op staff went out of their way to make sure Jerry was carefully taken care of. They had to put in an IV in and Jerry told them that she had shallow veins, they had her wait till they could get an IV Nurse there to do the job. She did it with no pain at all.

The Anesthesiologist came in and very carefully explained how he was going to take care of Jerry's operation and that he would be available after she got back to recovery room to make sure she was doing alright.

A little later Dr.McGrory came in and very carefully explained how he was going to perform the replacement procedure. He said that they used a computer to make sure the knee was properly and correctly aligned so that she wouldn't have any post-op problems. He was real nice and we have complete confidence in him.

When they took Jerry to the operating room, a nurse took me to a real nice lounge and also to Jerry's room where I could wait for surgery to be completed. She said the Doctor would call after surgery and brief me on the results. The surgery took about two hours and as soon as it was over Dr Mc Grory called me and we talked about thirty minutes about what had been done and how Jerry was doing. Later that afternoon he came by to see her an make sure she was doing well. He said that he decided he didn't want her to have any pain for several hours so he had the Anesthesiologist give her some pain medication right into the knee.

This hospital is unbelievable, there are 100 rooms and each one is a private room. There are also six rooms that can be converted into suites. This hospital is one used to perform surgery on professional athletes. Patient care is their number one priority and they really go out of their way to make the patient and family feel at ease and if they want anything they get it.