I’m back! I took a little trip to Winston-Salem to Baptist Hospital for two wonderful days of test on this wacky digestive track of mine. The first day I arrive at the hospital at 7Am and am told that my doctor has been called away on a family emergency and would I like to reschedule or take the doctor on call? So, I, after having driven two and a half hours the night before and paid for a hotel, decide to go ahead with the procedure. I am then taken in the back and they attempt to put an IV in. I try to tell them that I’m a difficult stick but they always have to find out the hard way…by sticking me twice! Then the nurse comes in and says, “we actually made a mistake and the doctor we originally told you would be taking your doctors place is …well, he’s actually working on the more difficult cases today. So we have another doctor for you if that is ok.” So, I’m laying there thinking Ok…great, I’m the one with the most abnormal digestive track most doctors have ever seen and I’m getting the third string doctor. What’s a girl to do when you’re already laying there with an IV, heart monitor, and lovely hospital gown on? My last question I asked before they put the sleepy meds into my IV was, “does anyone know if this doctor is a Christian?”

I survived day one of the test and Lee returned me to the hotel to rest for the afternoon while he returned to work. The second shift, Amanda, my youngest, arrived that evening. We enjoyed some girl time then her boyfriend came and we went out to dinner. Friday was spent at the hospital where I ate radioactive eggs, had half my body slammed into the door threshold by an x-ray tech., drank some nasty contrast, had some dye injected into my veins through yet another IV…and YES it took two tries to find a vein, and had some injection while I was in the MRI machine. I’m not sure which tasted nastier, the tainted eggs or the contrast! We arrived at the hospital Friday at 9Am and left at 4:45PM. It was a very long day but hopefully, the test will reveal something that will allow the doctors to better treat my digestive maladies!

Upon leaving the hospital, we headed to the mall to meet Lee. Amanda and I went to “Guppies to Puppies” and held a little basset Hound, petted rabbits, and ooohed and aaawed, at all the little animals there. Lee and I finally arrived home at 9PM and were greeted by our precious puppy/dog Zoey. She was glad to have her Momma home and I was glad to crawl into my own bed!


Oh, I almost forgot, the quote of the day on Friday that made my day was when one of the hospital workers, an information desk worker, said to Amanda and I as we entered the hospital…AND I QUOTE “How nice, two lovely sisters coming to the hospital together!” I turned around and told the man I loved him!