Liveblog: 2 1/2 week followup

Thought I'd take a shot at doing a live blog for our trip into Wailuku for a CT scan, 2 Dr appointments and (possibly) a meeting with the prosecutor.

9:25am HST: waiting in Radiology for the CT scan. We got here quite a bit early, as traffic was not as bad as I had feared. Filling out some forms for the CT. Just scored some paper clips from the techs, so I can start to organize the reams of paper we've collected in the past 2 weeks (police report, medical file, her disability stuff, my FMLA leave stuff, etc).

9:41am: They just took her back for the scan. I can't go. Our original appt time was 10am; nice to see they could take her earlier.

10:41am: still waiting...

11am: Apparently they're having trouble with the IV for the contrast dye. Now they had to take another patient ahead of her. Good thing our next appointment isn't until 1:30. But she wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything since midnight, so we'll need to find some food STAT when this is done.

11:20am: Tech just told me scan is being done now.

11:53am. Scan done. Took 5 tries to get the IV in :-(
Now we're waiting (after a quick trip to the snack shop) for them to make a CD of all her xrays, scans, etc so we can have something to show the dr back home.

12:51pm: Lunch at Wei-Wei BBQ & Noodle, conveiniently located in the same building as the Drs office.
Karen feeling a bit too much like a pincushion.






1:41pm: Clearance to fly!!!!
The chest surgeon says the lungs look good, we're ok to fly! Yeah!!!
This Dr and his assistant Terry have been great. If you need a thorastic surgeon next time you're in Maui, look up Dr Pat Cochran.

2:20pm: Saw the attending Dr for our last followup. He took out the stitches in the hand, which revealed that the pain she felt in the web of her fingers must have been caused by the stitches themselves. Yeah again! Still a bit tender, but better.

3:30pm: Last entry for today.
We're back at the condo. Never were able to hook up with the DA. However, he's going to come back out to our place tomorrow for a short meeting. Should be interesting.