We went to good ‘ol U of M again today. It’s been our home away from home, it seems, these past few months! Today was the first time we’ve actually had to wait to see someone. We knew it would be bad when as soon as we sat down, the moaning and complaining began around us, words like “we’ve been waiting over an hour” and “how much longer is it going to be” attacking the nursing staff. I settled in with my paperwork; Mike went in search of food. We got back in the room (finally!) sometime around 4 (our appointment was at 3:00). First, Dr. L’s associate, Dr. Russia came in and talked to us and did a physical exam on me. He promised to discuss everything with Dr. L and they would both be back ‘shortly’. A long time later, they both came in. Thankfully, because we were both absurdly bored; Mike was on his umpteenth game of Paper Toss, I was playing Bejeweled.
Dr. L was very nice and he had a lot of information for us. He seemed to have a little trouble talking in layman’s terms at first, mostly because i think he wanted to share …
Oct 13 2009
