Pre-Op Day Plus Some Fun Stuff

We began the day with the usual drill of getting to Cardio Pre-Op at BCH at 7:30.  It's really just more of a pain in the butt than anything.  Gets the kids nervous, parents too, involves blood draws, x-rays, EKG, stress test, and whatever else they want to throw at you.  Lots of walking back and forth and waiting for it to be over.  Sarah was a great sport, as usual - no need going into the details, as it is not very interesting.

Navigating on the T in Boston...

We were able to get all our boxes checked off the list at pre-op before noon - that was a record.  So we had the whole afternoon to explore Boston and show Sarah it is not all hospital or such a bad place.  What to do??  Well, been a long time since we've been to the aquarium, so we decided to brave the T and head down to the water, get lunch and go to the aquarium - get our mind off stuff for a while.

After a few hops on the T, we got to the area where the aquarium is located.  Then stumbled upon Legal Seafood for some lunch.  That was great.

Petting the rays...

After a big lunch, we wandered around the Boston Aquarium looking at some amazing fish and creatures.  Sarah really loved the shark and sting ray petting tank.  The sting rays were so smooth (maybe slimy really) and the would fly up to you almost like they wanted to be pet.  We also saw Myrtle the 80-year old turlte - he was a bing lump laying at the bottom of the main circular tank.  And some anacondas too.

We headed back on the T to the hotel to rest before dinner.  Just walking from the T to BCH and our hotel you realize everything down in this area are hospitals or medical universities.  Harvard Medical School is right next to BCH, so that was cool to see all that brain-power that are the future docs for our kids.

Our future Havard Med student?

Had a fun and spicy dinner at PF Changs in the Prudential area of Boston, just a few T stops from our hotel.  Sarah love's chinese food (especially rice), so this was a great place to go.  We all ate too much and took our time getting back to the hotel to get prepped for tomorrow.  Sarah took her pre-surgery shower with special scrub sponge and was all clean and ready for bed - and so were we.  Good night, and ready for tomorrow!