5:30 a.m.

Yes, that early. That's good, because NPO (nothing to eat or drink) after midnight so the sooner the better. ;-)

We're home briefly between doing all the prep stuff today and tomorrow's early a.m. check in at the hospital; we're headed back out soon to set up home base at the hotel.

I would expect that we'll be out of the recovery room sometime in the afternoon, barring Really Bad Things happening. Possibly sooner.