Medical details

I have been overwhelmed by the number of people who genuinely care about me and what is going on. So much so, that I do not have the time or energy to email each of you individually. I wish I could, but I can't, so here we are.

I spent the day in Birmingham with my sister-in-law yesterday. Too bad it wasn't for the sake of shopping and a relaxing lunch. But I couldn't have been more thankful to have her with me. The day started in Nuclear Medicine where they injected me with radioactive material in order to watch my kidneys function. I found it fascinating and the tech, realizing this, turned the computer screen so I could watch the test. Nice! (I did find it highly ironic that there are people in Japan fleeing radioactive material and I was being injected with it; albeit, at a much different level!)

We then headed over to the doctor's where he told me my symptoms are "atypical" and that he didn't have the test results. He sent us to lunch and told us to come back in an hour. (We did enjoy a nice lunch.) When we came back, he said all my results are within the "normal" range and that my symptoms are not typical for what they thought the problem was. So, now what?

Chris and I will go back up Thursday morning (or, more likely, we'll head up tonight to be there for tomorrow morning!) for more testing which requires me to be sedated. The doctor will "scope it out" so to speak. You can figure out what that means.....I'm not going to spell out the details of this particular set of tests. :) Suffice it to say, he is looking to see if there is a blockage elsewhere along the same tube that could be causing all the pain.

Trisha, Chris's sister, was a trooper. She was really the reason I didn't just completely fall apart during the 10-hour day between hospital/doctor offices. Then she came back with me and took our boys with her last night so we didn't have to worry about what to do with them while I'm going under. She is such a blessing!!!

Here are the praises:
The doctor is AWESOME! And he is going out of his way--using his administrative day--to do this test on me tomorrow.
The boys will have more fun with cousins than at home and I don't have to worry about them.
The nuclear medicine test resulted only in a small amount of pain that didn't last long instead of the pain I was expecting.

Here are things you can join me in praying:
That the doctor would have wisdom as he runs this next test and that he would either be able to fix the problem or know the next step after tomorrow's tests.
That the Lord would multiply Chris' time as he has to miss class and several hours of studying to go with me. (He is willing, but the reality is that it will put him behind.)
That bouncing back from the test and sedation would be a piece of cake. :)

Thanks, friends!