Not much to add to the excellent comments above, other than they told me ahead of time they were planning to release me the same day (which they did). Since I wasn't staying the night I wore my "going home" clothes (eg. breakaway pants, slip on shoes, etc) so I went in empty handed. Plus the care team had some good information they gave us on prepping for the surgery; what to bring and what they'd prefer I didn't bring (eg. jewelry, credit cards, money, etc). I don't remember exactly, but I think I only brought photo ID. After we checked in, my wife was with me almost the whole time before they wheeled me into surgery and she was there right after I woke up in recovery (about an hour after surgery). But from my perspective, she was there very shortly after I woke up. So I didn't need any media nor a book since I literally had no time to use it. Of course that'd been different if I had been planning to spend the night like your husband will. Since we traveled 300 miles to the hospital and we planned to spend the catheter week in a hotel next to the hospital, the more important prep was stocking the hotel room with supplies so we didn't have to go out for a couple of days. When we checked in the morning of the surgery, they had the prescriptions ready early and we had them filled at the hospital pharmacy so my wife didn't even have to leave to get those and we had them on hand when I left the hospital. Since your husband will be spending the night you'll have more time to get his med's, but you'll definitely want them on hand when he goes home. Best wishes!