Typical NIH Day!

We spent a good portion of our day sitting in waiting rooms at NIH.  We got up early and are breakfast at the hotel.  Woody had to eat before 7am as he had to not eat or drink anything for 6 hours prior to his PET scan.  We then loaded up the car and headed Bethesda way.  Just because we got off after 7am the traffic pattern was LOTS different...very congested.  We got to NIH before 8 and then had to wait longer than usual to get in as Woody had lost his ID the last time we were here.  But the security guard was very nice and got him a temporary one using Woody's license and cleared us to go on through without inspection.  We found a good parking place in the parking garage and we headed in for him to get his lab work done.  Then we went back to get him issued a new ID.  Then we sat and sat and sat till 12:30pm when we headed to the nuclear medicine area for his PET scan.  He filled out his paper work and was called back at 1:30 and he came out a little before 3:30.  Then we headed across the hall for his CT scan.  That didn't take long as his lab work creatinine level didn't allow him to have the dyes.  So he had the CT scan just without the dyes.  At least they didn't make the mistake that they made one time when they gave him the dyes when his creatinine level was high and he landed in the hospital.  I'm sure that his creatinine level was up to dehydration due to not drinking much at all today and then he never drinks as much as usual when we are traveling.  Anyway we left the CT waiting room around 4:15 and headed to the car to get our suitcase and then headed to catch the shuttle to the hotel.  We got to the transportation waiting room and our shuttle was due in five minutes...talk about perfect timing!  So we hopped on the shuttle and were whisked away to our hotel.  Our feather free room was waiting on us and we headed up and now Woody is trying to guzzle water and get contrasts, etc. washed out of his system and get himself rehydrated.  I am in the lobby blogging and then heading upstairs to relax for the evening.  Tomorrow we will head to NIH and turn in hotel vouchers and then wait for clinic.  Woody was told that he was the only one they are seeing in clinic tomorrow so if that is the case we should be on the road early afternoon...the good Lord willin' and I'll be blogging somewhere between Bethesda and Tullahoma tomorrow night.