Gosh, that doesn't even sound logical to have you waiting around for 8 hours before your surgery! Can you check whether they have made a mistake about the time you are meant to arrive if you're having PM surgery as opposed to AM surgery - I would think a 7am arrival would be for any day surgeries in the morning, not later in the day!

I really hope you can sort out a way not to have to be away from your DD for that long, and hoping that the D&C is a big success for you, SW. Not long to go now...