What do yo do while waitng at the hospital while someone is having surgery

i would be praying..because i can't concentrate on any other things..i pray for the success of the operation...perhaps if someone is also with me,my tension would reduce and carry on with what we decide..but if am alone,i can't help ma anti-thoughts..they would disturb me a lot...

If I have to wait, I usually do something or continue my work which was vary important and was left off. It not that I'm selfish but I cannot do so many undone work. If I have nothing to do, I usually look for friend to talk with. If there is nobody, I'll go to the cafeteria and have something to eat.

well I never waited in a hospital for someone having an operation before, I have gone after the person was in his or her room but never waiting on the operation.

you will really get bored waiting for someone over an hour or two for surgery and i suggest to bring book, magazine or psp, so that you won't get bored.,you can't actually go somewhere cause the doctor might be needing something or a decision to make in case something happen to the patient.,so better stay in the corner and grab something to eat or read.,

I may have already responded to this discussion as it seems very familar, but if so, oh well. I wanted to say that I usually take a word find book with me and I work it. I find that the time goes a lot faster if I am doing something I like to do. When I go to the airport and am flying somewhere I also then take a word find book with me. Again it helps to pass the time quickly. I don't take a crossword book because it takes more concentration to do those, and some times I just don't want to think, so then I take a word find book instead, because I don't have to think too hard for those. Alrighty then, talk to you later, Your friend, Chris

two years ago my wife gave birth to our wonderful son, his pictures appears as my avatar. she went under C-section so i waited outside before they call me to see my son and to buy what my son needs. like milk and nappies. while i was waiting i try to keep calm and to make sure that i will not worry about anything. i am playing with my ds but still could not concentrate so much. when it was over and my wife is already at the recovery room and i saw my boy i was more abe to concentrate with my game than during my wife is inside the operating room.

Usually someone else is with me, so we talk. If I'm tired of talking, I always make sure I have a book or magazine with me. Still yet, I may wonder down to the cafeteria for a drink, or even go outside and walk around. And for some reason I can't resist going into the gift shop.

When my uncle was having his colectomy in March it was a very long wait. I think it was about five hours in total. I had my laptop with a not-so-great signal. We read magazines and wondered around the gift shop and cafeteria downstairs. My cousin and I caught up on our family gossip and just chit chatted with everyone that was there waiting with us. Plus we still had to wait to go up and see him after the surgery. We checked on the progress of the surgery every hour at the nurses station as well.

While my hubby was having his surgery, I tinkered on my laptop and did some myLotting. I also read my book a little bit but, I was too distracted then to get much out of the book so, my laptop was a better choice for distraction. His surgery wasn't too long. Only about an hour and then I had to wait with him while he came out of the anesthesia for another 45 minutes or so. That was about 4 or so months ago. There was a TV in the waiting room with the Today show or something like that but, it wasn't the easiest thing to hear either.

i just cannot stay in one place when im on hospital, no matter what is the reason for being there ... i often just go out and watch people walking (there are a lot then who are not sick so its good to see that)

I go to the prayer room and pray. Waiting for the surgery to be over is so hard and it drives me crazy with all the questions popping up in my head. The what if's......so i go to the chapel or prayer room of the hospital and pray there.In there i can have peace just by sitting there, feeling the presence of God and i know my prayers gives strength to my loved one is in surgery.

Hospitals are soo boring. Nothing much to do so i usually just leave as soon as possible and go do something else

Well If I'm in your situation,I will pray and think positively about the operation while waitin...I know it's kinda never because I experienced that too when my cousin got his surgery in his appendix and it's really a silent moment for all of us while waitin outside in the operating room...:-0 Hope everything will be ok out there...I will pray for him...:-) GOd bless and stay relax...:-0

Bring a good book to read. True regarding the TV so low you can't hear it anyway.

My Mom had 6 hour surgery. I bought an arts and craft snowflake kit that I couldn't do. One of my brothers did it. I brought an impossible puzzle kit for my artist brother, he had all 6 puzzles done in 6 mins. Rubix Cubes, some people had. A novel is more my speed. Sometimes they have a National Geographic Mag at the hospital.

Pray that nothing goes wrong. I also talk with some people who are around or read. I don't like to fidget.