well, i made it home from the hospital
surgery went fine
except i woke up in the middle of it
and overheard the surgeon ask for a saw
i looked around and said, *hello?*

finally the anesthesiologist peered over me
and said, *oh, would you like to be sleeping?*

is that a chainsaw in the background?

the next thing i woke up in recovery
with 3 people trying to get my brace on

next memory...nurse leaning over me
asking me a question that i neither heard
nor answered nor remembered

i slept with the lights on all night
because i don't care for the dark
gina left around 10pm even though the nurse
told us staying over is against hospital policy
she sure as hell wasn't going to tell anybody
they had to leave

but alas, gina had to get home to the boys
and i had morphine induced sleep to enjoy,
my completely numb lower extremities to contemplate,
and my new walking cane to break in
i was swamped