Curt's Surgery

Curt had surgery today...all went well and he has gone about his afternoon/evening as if nothing out of the ordinary happened this morning.

He's had an overactive nose for almost a year now...it just kinda happened, out of the blue, his nose was always runny?!? He was always blowing his nose - first thing in the morning, throughout the day and often having to get up in the middle of the night, too. He couldn't go far without having tissues nearby; in fact, on our trip to California/Arizona, the first stop outside the airport was a Target...to buy Kleenex :)

His family doctor referred him to a specialist in Peterborough, who he saw a few times. After trying nose sprays and medications, and having no change, the specialist decided to do this surgery.

I don't know if this type of operation has an official name...the nasal lining of Curt's nose was removed. Sorry if that is too much information! Apparently it will just grow back/replace itself, and hopefully, the new one will not be overactive?!?

It's 'real' surgery - hospital gowns, anesthetic, recovery room, the whole nine yards.

We were at the Peterborough hospital for 10am this morning; Curt went in for surgery at 12pm and I got to see Curt in recovery around 2:30pm, so it was a long day. But, everything seems to have gone well, and Curt is feeling great. We won't know for a few weeks whether or not it will make a big difference...he's going to be really stuffed up while everything inside his nose heals, once that passes, he'll know if he's a new man.

We have been making light of the surgery ever since it was booked...but, the reality of it hit me when we got to the hospital this morning. Even if it is only nose surgery, having your husband go 'under the knife' is a little scary. I did a lot of praying to get through the hours I was alone in the waiting room!

And, like I said, everything seems to have gone very well. So well in fact, that as I sit at home writing this, Curt is out playing golf. And, when he's done playing golf, he's off to the church for a meeting about the upcoming hockey season. Nothing stops that guy!