Day Before Surgery

I am writing this the night before, but it will probably take me a couple days to post this online.  I am really nervous.  I feel like I had my last meal before my execution.  It was so good and I tried to savor the food as best as I could.  I had pulled pork with baked beans and french fries.  I'll try to include a picture of that up here as well.  What kinda complicated my eating was my surgical hooks. 

My last appetizer. Onion rings.

My last real meal for a very long time

Last night, I went to my orthodontist and he attached the hooks onto what seems like every available surface.  These things hurt!  They tear up my bottom lip on the inside.  The ones on top are not so bad because I can kinda rest my lip above them.  I have been judiciously applying wax on every hook from incisor to incisor on the bottom.  Like I said, my orthodontist put hooks between every bracket on the wire.  Paraphrasing his words, "I put a lot more hooks than you'll need for the surgery, but I figure it's better to give the surgeons more options in the surgery room.  Some will probably come off and the only one that that will impact will be you and that won't matter in a day or two because you won't feel anything."  He has a weird sense of humor.

These are the hooks.  Not the best picture but you can see they're everywhere.

Because my surgery time is so early, 7:30 am, I have to be there two hours early which meant my arrival was 5:30 am.  Ugh!  The hospital where the surgery is being done is 2 hours away on a good morning.  There was no way I was getting up well before 3 just so that I could sleep at home.  I think my Mom and I made the sound decision to get a room at a hotel near the hospital.  The hotel my Mom chose was super nice, and I wish that we had gotten here earlier so that we could really enjoy it.  We got in after eating at about 9 and after getting ready, it was about 10:15.  This bed is super soft and I have a feeling I will be sleeping really well.