Monday, September 30, 2013

A New Week Of Clinic Visits Begins ...

We had a great weekend at home with family.
We watched a great movie we'd been hoping to see for awhile - "Seven Days in Utopia".  We highly recommend it.

We are back in Seattle again, and have had a long day.

We stopped at Costco to purchase one item and arrived at the SCCA House just in time to warm up some (left over) pizza for lunch and then head to the clinic.

The drive was a bit hectic due to the rain.  At one point it was so hard that we had to slow to about 30-40 mph.  It was awful. We were so happy to get out of the weather. We are also quite happy to have the shuttle.

Our day at the clinic only involved 3 visits, but the last two were kinda hard on him today. 

Oral Med - visit with the dentist, because oral health is a big thing around here since there can be so many mouth sores or other issues with transplants.

Pulmonary Function Test - a breathing test that was kinda difficult and tricky with the cold/cough problem Terry is having.  He did good though! 

CT Scan - the contrast you have to drink is the hardest part for these types of things, but today the gal that inserted the IV did a terrible job at poking that vein.  It hurt more than it should have, and it's kinda ugly.

We got back to the House, brought a few things up from the car, put food stuffs away, made dinner, ate, and organized a bit.  We still have some things to bring up from the car (scrapbooking stuff) that I'll get another day when we aren't so tired.

It's a good day to have over!  Hope yours was a good one.

2 comments:

The Stanley's said...

I just got caught up on your first week. When I finished reading day Sep 25 I couldn't help but laugh. You two are amazing and have such a positive approach. We can all learn a lot from you! Good luck with week two! We are rooting for you!

Bonnie said...

Agree that the CT contrast is yucky, and hard to get down! Some folks are so talented at getting the vein just right, and well, others aren't. :) Cheering you both on.