Your surgeon must have the test results in hand the day prior to the surgery. Otherwise, your surgery MAY have to be rescheduled. You will be admitted to the inpatient unit on the second floor of the University of Michigan W.K. Kellogg Eye Center the night before surgery or the morning of surgery, depending on your overall condition. If you are admitted the morning of surgery, we ask you come at least two hours before your surgery is scheduled. You will be called the workday before your surgery and told what time to arrive.
Most people return home the morning after surgery.
You may not drive yourself home nor take a cab alone. The only exception to this is to take your medications with a small sip of water early on the morning of your surgery before leaving for the hospital. However, if you have diabetes, do not take insulin or diabetes pills. Bring all your medications, including eye drops and insulin, with you to the hospital. We may want to check the labels.