It's 1 pm and we are in same day surgery waiting for the anesthesiologist to prepare Jonathan for his bone scan. Today, surprisingly has not been too bad. We woke up just after 6 am and left home (by our friends) at 7:45 am to head up to Stanford. We arrived at Oncology at 9:30 am for them to put an IV to make it easier for him to get whatever fluids or blood that is needed. Unfortunately putting in the IV this time around was not as 'fast' as on Wednesday but fortunately they got it on the second try. I don't know if it was because Jonathan was just tired and sleepy - but he cried and fought less this time around.
The nice thing is that he got to pick a toy out afterwards and he got a really nice coloring set - with big crayons and nicely colored markers. He was very happy to get it and afterwards while we were waiting - he was having lots of fun making his pictures. I have to remember to stock up on some 8 x 11 paper so Jonathan will have paper to color on.
At 10 am we had finished with getting the IV inserted into his hand - just above his wrist - and headed over to Nuclear Medicine department. This department was over at the main hospital but fortunately the children hospital and the main hospital are connected so it was a matter of walking across. Things at nuclear medicine went well. Jonathan got the contrast inserted via the IV into his body and by 10:45 am we were done.
When we had first arrive at Oncology in the morning - we found out that Jonathan had an audiogram schedule for 11 am. Because of what happened on Wednesday with the surgeon consult - I've now make it a habit of verifying that each appointment we get has been authorized else we'll have to pay out of pocket and just the thought of paying out of pocket is more money than I can afford. As it turned out the request for the authorization was only submitted that morning - probably around 9:30 am as well - so we ended up missing our appointment for the audiogram. We are hoping to get the audiogram later today - after his bone scan - but we'll see.
2:00 PM
It's 2 pm they just put Jonathan to sleep. The bone scan is scheduled to last about one hour so we decided to head up to Oncology to see if we can meet with the doctor handling Jonathan's care. It's interesting the way that Gabby and I handle interacting with the various staff and medical professionals here. We've already had one argument over the handling of Jonathan while he was being prep for his bone scan. Gabby thinks I'm too aggressive with my interaction and that since she has a better understanding and interest in the medical field that this gives her some sort of advantage when compared to my interrupting things.
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