Our boy Houston had the surgery at the end of last year. If memory serves correct, I believe the surgery was between $1,250-$1,300
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We scheduled the surgery for a Wednesday, he stayed the night, and we picked him up on Thursday after work. My wife stayed with him on Friday (we both have weekends off) and I scheduled Monday just in case. That way we each only used 1 day apiece, but were with him for 4 days total.
You might want to check on the Wednesday surgery (if he has to stay the night) with the Thursday pickup if you get weekends off...that way you only have to use a Friday and can monitor him the weekend.
Our vet is open on Saturdays and Sundays, so we are lucky if there is an "OH GOD" moment, during hours on those days.
I believe that it was no running, jumping, etc for 2 weeks (staples)...and still after that (just healing time). We crated him, but the drugs knocked him out most of the time anyway.