FiguresThis Would Happen To Me!

Today was the day of my CT scan.  It was supposed to be at 1pm so I made sure I got there at 12:35pm so that my check-in wouldn't take me long.  I get there and the desk informs me that I am going to have a long wait.  Oh?  She then tells me that my tests are scheduled for 1:30pm and my scan at 2:30pm.  What tests?, I ask, stupidly.  I then offer that all I was told was that I would be taking a CT scan at 1pm.

She then says, *From your doctor's office or the hospital?*  So I tell her that it was the doctor's office and, if there was a change, I should have heard from the hospital.  She agreed I should have but had no reason why I hadn't.  Since I was a diabetic,  I would need to take a BUN and Creatnine test to make sure my kidneys could handle the iodine contrast material before I could take the test.  Oh, great!  The hospital temp inside was about 30 degrees and it was just a little warmer outside but much windier.  (An exaggeration but not by much!)

I was really a bit shocked by the change in the lobby area in just a few months.  There are a lot of renovations going on.  After the office checks me in, gives me the required bracelet (don't you hate those things?) and then is going to send me down to the *new* main lab, I asked how far away it was.  Since I can't walk any real distance without my cane, she puts me into a wheelchair and takes me there.  I would never have made it so I'm glad I asked.

It was in less than 5 minutes and I had my blood drawn (the gal did end up causing a huge bruise) and they wheeled me back to the front to wait for my CT scan.  I was freezing my butt off even with a long sleeve top (I should have brought a jacket but I didn't think I would be there long).  Thank goodness, a doctor saw me and asked if I was cold.  When I said I was freezing, he send an MA out to me with warmed up blankets.  Bless his heart.  He also had looked at my name and routing slip and I was gathered up and wheeled to the CT lab within a short time.

After a short wait, I had the set-up done for the IV and I was ready.  It took all of maybe 5 minutes and I was back in the lobby and ready to go.  Boy, was I ever ready.  As it is, I could hardly believe that it was 2:15pm and I was starving.  I had left without eating breakfast since I didn't get up until 10am (and I can't eat right away after waking).  At least my coffee was waiting for me in the warm car.  Thankfully, although cold out, it was bright and sunny so it kept the car. and my coffee, nice and warm.  That held me until I got home.

I found the Beast gathering up his stuff for taking pictures of the Princess and Gunner (there were no pictures of Chewlee because she had piano lessons today...sigh) but the pictures he took were incredible.  I did give my opinion on a couple of the ones he took of the Princess only because I knew she would hate them because the top she was wearing over her shirt (like a big, uneven point cape) made her look fat and she isn't.  But I couldn't see him making them up without cropping them or she wouldn't want them.  At least, I sure hope so or she's going to kill me.  I swear, that girl cannot take a bad picture!  I told the Beast that the best money we ever spent was when we sent her to modeling school.  And we sent her to the best one, too.  Of course, we could afford John Cassavette's then.  We owned our business.  Her makeup is flawless and so is her complexion.  She's just plain beautiful so that helps.

Well, I'm really beat so I am going to get this posted.  Love you all.  ***Hugs***