Here I am back in a hospital. Dan and I are chillin in the waiting room at Johns Hopkins waiting for my CT. I met the doctor this morning and did an echo.
The echo kind of sucked because I had to smell this really bad stuff that increases my heart rate like I did at Mayo. They also did a bubbles test where they aggrivate saline so that its bubbles and put that into my blood via IV and watch how it goes through my heart. That is how they originally found the whole in my heart but they couldn't find it.
Also done was what they call contrast. This is where they put this medicine in me (that starts with a D but I can't remember the name). It is white when aggrivated and turns the blood in my heart white so that they can see the edge of where the ventricle ends and the muscle begins.
When they do echos here they usually do treadmill stuff but thank the Lord I didn't have to do that! I got bad butterflies in my stomach when they rolled me into the door way and I saw the treadmill.
While I was in there they decided they also wanted me to have a CT scan today! I told them that I ate this morning because it said on my schedule that I couldn't for the 2 hours before my echo.
I thought that was wierd enough and when they started the echo before I saw the doctor like my schedule said I got nervous. I asked the tech (who was awesome and I'm pretty sure gay) and he said that's only for treadmill patients so it was okay.
When they started talking about the CT I told them I ate by 630 they said they would try the 2pm appt today but then came back in and told me it was at 12 and thay I needed to leave the IV in but could get dressed and wait in the waiting room.
About 45 minutes of waiting passed which was also an hour until my CT and told me that they needed referals for everything. So I gave her my primary care drs # biut told her dr Mitchell was her best bet. So within the next few minute I decided to call Nicholas who works the front desk at NavalMedCenter Cardiac Clinic and knows me and my situation very well and he said the lady was on the other line.
So just a minute ago actually she came out to tell me she got it and nicholas called me to say they did it. Yeaahhhh!! Now I don't have to pay for all this! Nicholas said that Mitchell told him if they need anything else for my appts that Nicholas can take care of it. So he gave me his pager number just in case he leaves the desk so that I can get referals and stuff done ASAP.
So that is my update of the morning. I'm typing this from my blackberry and sooo tired. I am barely staying awake and my eyes keep crossing. So I am done here and going to slouch down in my seat and doze a little until my scan.
Katie
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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