Dr.'s Visit

So, we made the trip to Seattle on Monday, with Alex at the wheel and yours truly
in and out of fever after a weekend of being sick (again--pretty much devoted all of January 2012 to one upper respiratory infection or another. And with being stressed and not sleeping, well, I was a sitting duck) and getting on a new antibiotic plus an inhaler from the dr. on Monday a.m. I have to say, I was in and out of it for the better part of 3 hrs between Spokane and Cle Elum, which made the trip nice and quick, for me at least. I pretty much continued to feel bad until today.

Anyway, the dr.'s visits were crazy this time, running between 3 different places was less than fun. Parking was not bad but very expensive (total spent for one day of dr appts--$18). Our insurance did not have things in line so that was stressful. We for the first time had a long wait at the UW (1+hr) and then were told that there was a mistake and the lab had not done our bloodwork right, so it was back to the lab, then back to Virginia Mason (where we were earlier for an appt) to get an MRI/MRCP done. Long story long, we left Seattle at 6:30 and got home at 12:15 am. By God's Grace I was able to make the entire drive home as Alex was not feeling good.

Anyway, lots of gripes for this trip. Today we got a call from our main Dr's office letting us know Alex likely has strictures in his billary ducts which have been making him sicker lately. We are going to head over for an ERCP (would explain but it's likely better and faster to google) to dilate the strictures and get him feeling better. Yikes. We are going to rack up some serious miles on I-90 at this rate. Blessedly, my boss is kind and understanding and only says 'Do what you need to do'. Yes, she is amazing, and yes, I am very, very grateful for her!

Please pray for this up-coming procedure. It's not a 'huge' deal, but it's stress non-the-less. Your prayers, for Alex's health and my sanity, are always appreciated!