Week 9 - Test time! Let's check it out.....

Dad and I made the drive down to Houston. It is mid range in the treatment plan for dad's lymphoma, so the time has come to do a full battery of tests to see how the treatment is going. The first test is an endoscopy. We drove down yesterday and will do the test today - Friday.

We woke up early on Friday and took the shuttle to MDAnderson.



Next, the waiting game. Got to love the lobby at the hospital. Doesn't dad look excited?!



Check in procedure #1...I have a few questions for you, but don't ask me any.



Check in procedure #2...They are multiplying. This time there are two of them (one of which needs some caffiene, but hey she does have a cool lab coat on).



After the check ins, dad went into the hospital room to get ready for his procedure. He has that CVC port in his chest which is where the nurses would/should put in all his medications, so this should have went very smoothly......problem was that this "nurse" couldn't seem to figure out how it worked (and yeah, I put a dunce cap on her). She said there was something wrong with the port! Hmmmmm. Seems odd, considering yesterday's flush was flawless. She called the IV port team to come check it out, but told dad she would have to put an IV in his arm.....maybe she gets paid by the IV holes?



Thankfully, before they took him out the IV team showed up and confirmed there was nothing wrong with the port.....there he goes....



Procedure is over. Here comes dad! He is a little groggy from the sedation.



Everything went well, and after he woke up totally we went back home.