Pat's Adventures in Dialysis, the "School's Out for Summer" edition

I bet you thought the iPod shuffled to Alice Cooper. Nah. It shuffled to "I Cant Help It", Michael Jackson. :) Shawn's semester officially ends at 11:59 tonight (her words). I'm not sure if she even knows "School's Out" and if she doesn't I'll admit that I've been neglectful in some of her music training. ;-)

Yesterday I finally completed the stress tests that went horribly wrong last week. Check this out..Harper Grace has a program called "Friends and Family". My vascular surgeon gave me the form and said if I fill it out, I'll get free valet parking. I completed the form, sent it in, DMC sent me some key fobs. Next time I needed to go to Sinai-Grace, we got free valet parking.

Well, this time, the day before the procedure I get a call from the Friends and Family office. They tell me that when I get to Harper, go to the information desk, tell them I'm with F&F, and I'll get an escort directly to Cardiology. I will bypass registration, because they have already done it for me(!). Well that's exactly what happened. The escort took us up there and Cardiology was waiting for me and the tests started immediately!!! What a difference from last week.

The echocardiogram was first, then I directly to Nuclear Medicine. That sounds scary, doesn't it. The nuclear part was an isotope injected into blood so my heart "glows", when they take pictures..a series of photos of my heart at rest, then a series of photos of my heart at an increased heart rate..for me, it was calculated to 139 bpm. "Can This Be Real", The Natural Four. Lol. That's a dark basement, slow dance song.

So the catch is, the heart rate was increased via drugs. Here I dressed to do the treadmill thing, but no, they laid me on a gurney and injected doputamine slowly. That stuff worked. I'm laying there feeling my heart go thump thump thump thump....and got tired. Lol. WTF. "You're The Only One", Eric Benet. Ok. I may be in the minority. Granted Eric Benet and Hallie Berry may have been a bad match, but I think Hallie has...issues? Don't get me wrong, I think she's gorgeous and talented, but well...anyway...I've wandered off track.

The cardiologist came in during the stress test to check out the EKG, because, you know, I had 567 nodes attached to me...we maybe not that many. Lol. Anyway, he's pleased with the readings and then decides one (1) is off. He calls the cardiology tech, the administering RN, and the other RN and gave an impromptu demonstration on placement of ALL the nodes. Again, having no modesty works well for me. Rofl. That being said, my heart is fine. I am quite healthy, except for the kidney thing. Heh. A few more tests and I am on the kidney transplant list. Hoping to be there before June. :-)

Signing off with "Fell For You", The Dramatics. I actively went to this. It's Cliff's fault. All I need is someone to whisper Dramatics and I'm there.."I can't help myself, girl, you thrill me so.." Omg. Swoon. Lol. That's a line that should have been used on me back in the day instead of the incredibly lame ones. Lol. Have a wonderful weekend. :-).