SNIP, SNIP, STAPLE AND STITCH

SNIP, SNIP, STAPLE AND STITCH First of all, i just have to laud the Indian Healthcare system, i now know why it's the preferred healthcare destination. They are thorough, quick and efficient. Once you're admitted, they bring you an incentive spirometer to help you exercise your lungs, it helps with breathing after surgery is done in the abdominal area. So all i did the day before the surgery was carry the spirometer with me everywhere and inhaled and exhaled every 15 minutes, to be honest i did not enjoy it...but i did get my fair share of oxygen. I was put on a liquid diet for 24 hours in preparation for the surgery. The blood tests were frequent as expected but there was this ONE test, just thinking about it gives me the shivers. So apparently there's an artery vein that runs straight into the wrist joint and they had to collect blood from that specific vein to determine oxygen levels for surgery. So the cool gadget they had used earlier to highlight the veins co...