Finally, something went as planned

tl;dr - home from the hospital. Having three "procedures" in a week is exhausting.
( More medical details than anyone likely wants to read )

All of this said, and with much more still to be done, I am deeply aware of how much privilege I have in this situation. I can't imagine trying to do this with no insurance, or if English wasn't my fluent language or if I had other physical ailments.

Oh, did I mention that one of the X-rays the tech marked up as "severe spinal degeneration visible"? Yeah, I'm going to have to deal with that at some point.