I had an early op, back on the ward for lunch.
I kept telling the staff I was going home for my supper, but in reality it wasn't going to happen. There were three criteria to be achieved before discharge was approved.
Pain under control, - no problem
Waterworks operating. Didn't prove this until the evening because my spinal anaesthetic took a while to disappear.
Walk up and down stairs, and due to the above the PT had gone home, so I had to wait to see him the next day.
So I was discharged on day 2.
There was no reason to rush off home, because I was having a nice rest, a good banter with the staff and other patients, and the food was excellent.
Wanting to go home early is normal for men, we all want to prove we are hard (well we do in Yorkshire)
Ps, I had no catheter with a femoral block to worry about, my anaesthetist used the new technique where they inject copious amounts of pain killer directly into the joint, just before they stitch us back together. That gives us 3 days of no pain whilst we get home and get the oral painkillers up and running. Why doesn't everybody do this?