Today was an interesting day. I had a CT scan and a PET scan. The CT scan was preceded by a barium ‘very berry smoothie’. I guess that is better than a barium enema at least. The scan was not too bad. I had to wait an hour between drinking the smoothie and the scan. That would have been nice to know. We were worried about time not knowing how long the scan would take. It took only about 15 minutes or so. The geek in me learned something new today. CT scans are based off of x-rays. I was not aware of that. I did not know they uses x-rays. I also learned that my tummy did not like the iodine contrast solution. Debbi grabbed a quick breakfast then we were offa different part of UT Southwestern for the PET scan.
This is the fun one. The nurse injects you with a radioactive dye then quickly leaves because it is not safe for her to be in there. Uh…hello? I am in here! I also got to take a Valium, have about an 80 minute nap, then actually do the scan.  PET scans look for metabolic activity, that is the reason for the 80 minute rest time. You are not supposed to move, read, do anything. No stimulus. The worst part of the day was them ripping off my hair taking the tape off my arm. I actually did want to shave it off first.
The shocker of the day was returning a call while I was napping. Tomorrow surgery was moved up in time, by some 9 1/2 hours! Yes, I got the pre-op call and instantly went into problem solving mode. We had the kids handed off for a surgery at 4:30 in the afternoon. Now it is at 7:00am, with us arriving at 5:30 in the morning. Yikes! Kids under 12 are not allowed in the waiting room as well. Grandma was available to come sleep over tonight and will get the kids off to school.
Tonight is a short night, so I will leave you with the pic of the day
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