Well - scans & tests are complete! We had quite the day of chaos, but we made it through. I of course was attracting every weirdo in the waiting rooms (story of my life), including an old couple who thought that Steve Harvey was OJ Simpson, thought Donald Trump running for president was a movie preview and giggled at a viagra commercial. Then there was a woman who kept telling Tom & I that she smelled like pasta sauce, and then of course a woman who wanted to celebrate with me every time she took a sip of her pre-CT cocktail. The good news is all these people kept the day interesting for me.
We were up before the sun and at the hospital for our day of fun. We started with the MRI... once that was done Tom had to drink his pre-CT cocktail and they can't do the CT until an hour after the drink is consumed so we had to sit in this waiting room along with several other people who were drinking and waiting like us. Think of an incredibly awkward bar - and that's where we were trapped except with way uncomfortable seating and no juke box which was unfortunate because I think Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" would have helped the whole waiting room have more fun. Once the time had passed, they took him back for the CT. Once that was done we had to go up to the oncologist to do some extra blood work. Our oncologist called us on Saturday concerned about some of Tom's counts so we had to go and do another check. Essentially the blood thinners made his blood too thin - or, Tom was being an overachiever. So we had to get that all checked out - that was another waiting room, another blood test, and another wait for results. Blah.
Our last adventure for the day was his pulmonary test. There is a chance they will have to remove a part of Tom's lung in surgery, so they have to do this testing to see how much they can take - if needed. That required him to do these different breathing tests for an hour or so. Quite the day of fun which was topped off with a trip on the "Care Cart" which are these little hospital golf carts that we've never been able to ride yet. For the kicks of it I took a time lapse video of us cruising through the hospital. The video is especially funny during the part where we almost got in an accident with another Care Cart driver (I stand firm that we had the right of way)!
We made the most of our day at the hospital but we are eager to go to sleep because tomorrow morning we will spend several hours with our surgeon and oncologist to find out all of the results. It goes without say that there will be more to come tomorrow....
We were up before the sun and at the hospital for our day of fun. We started with the MRI... once that was done Tom had to drink his pre-CT cocktail and they can't do the CT until an hour after the drink is consumed so we had to sit in this waiting room along with several other people who were drinking and waiting like us. Think of an incredibly awkward bar - and that's where we were trapped except with way uncomfortable seating and no juke box which was unfortunate because I think Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" would have helped the whole waiting room have more fun. Once the time had passed, they took him back for the CT. Once that was done we had to go up to the oncologist to do some extra blood work. Our oncologist called us on Saturday concerned about some of Tom's counts so we had to go and do another check. Essentially the blood thinners made his blood too thin - or, Tom was being an overachiever. So we had to get that all checked out - that was another waiting room, another blood test, and another wait for results. Blah.
Our last adventure for the day was his pulmonary test. There is a chance they will have to remove a part of Tom's lung in surgery, so they have to do this testing to see how much they can take - if needed. That required him to do these different breathing tests for an hour or so. Quite the day of fun which was topped off with a trip on the "Care Cart" which are these little hospital golf carts that we've never been able to ride yet. For the kicks of it I took a time lapse video of us cruising through the hospital. The video is especially funny during the part where we almost got in an accident with another Care Cart driver (I stand firm that we had the right of way)!
We made the most of our day at the hospital but we are eager to go to sleep because tomorrow morning we will spend several hours with our surgeon and oncologist to find out all of the results. It goes without say that there will be more to come tomorrow....