@scottij Your post reminds me a bit of my liver transplant. Mine came about 3 months sooner than anticipated. I am also blood type B+ so that could be why. We drove the hour to Boston (Mass General) in a very calm manner, as if we were just out for a ride. Even though I did not anticipate the call coming that soon I was told to be packed and ready "just in case", so I was. Like you, I remember very little from the time we got to the hospital until the next day after the surgery. I am amazed at people like @rosemarya who have a clear recollection of everything.

When my husband called my sister to tell her she thought he was kidding, That was definitely not something he would kid about.
JK