• Day of Surgery
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•   Getting Ready
•   Admission Process
•   Pre-Operative Process
•   The Operating Room
•   Waking Up
•   Length of Hospital Stay
•   The Night of Surgery

The next stop is the holding area of the operating suite. An intravenous line will be started and a saline solution "drip" will be started.

If you did not receive a pre-sedative in the ambulatory surgery admitting area, one will be given intravenously.

Relax! The hardest part of your day (the I.V.) is behind you!