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Chris has successful sugery
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Man, 4:45 AM rolls around pretty fast and early. That's what time we rolled out of a nice warm bed to face a shower, get dressed and deliver Chris to the surgeon. Dr. John Moor of Advanced Sportsmedicine Center was almost ready. We arrived at the Sarasota Ambulatory Surgery Center a little before 6:30 AM and Doctor Moor was already operating on two other patients. Dr. Moor is a sports doctor and orthopedic doctor to the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. We knew Chris was in good hands.
The successful ACL replacement, and MCL/Meniscus repair took around 2-1/2 hours. Chris was in our car at 11:15 AM and complaining that he was hungry because he had not eaten anything since 9:30 PM the night before. So, we pulled into the most nutritious of establishments, McDonalds and got him a #1. We got home and Chris ate his lunch and is sleeping very soundly as I write this report.
A big thanks to Dr. Moor's surgery team and the super nurses and aides at the Sarasota Ambulatory Surgery Center who put up with a lot of silliness from Profile Racer, Chris Fernandez. Chris sees Dr. Moor tomorrow with an assessment of today's surgery and prognosis for recovery.
Charlie Fernandez
Below: 1. Chris waiting for his call for surgery. 2. Chris and Nurse Susan going over post-surgery information. 3. Chris totally stylin' in the pre-op room. 4. Nurse Shavon trying to help Chris with his Oxygen tube. 5. Time to go home. (Chris had already eaten peanut butter crackers, drank a bottle of water and is here, working on a multi-flavor popsicle).
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| Added Feb 1, 2007 |
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