NIH = Not In a Hurry!

We hadn't heard what some folks say that the letters "NIH" stand for till the doctor told us today...but it was very true today.  We got to NIH by 9:15am this morning.  We turned in the travel voucher info and then headed to the car to put the suitcase, etc. in the trunk.  Then we found a spot to read, work crossword puzzles and sudokos, etc.  At 11am we headed off to get something to eat.  Then we headed back to the voucher office to pick up the check.  Then we headed upstairs for Woody to sign in for the clinic.  They took his blood pressure and weighed him pretty quickly after we got there and then it was play the waiting game.  The office emptied out several times of patients while we sat there.  They did come out and say that Woody's fellow had surgery scheduled and that it was to begin at 1pm (our appt. time) and that it would be at least an hour...well at 3pm we finally got called back. Woody's fellow didn't come in for a while but an attending physician did come in and started talking to us.  I think that we are still processing what he told us and not sure if we understand exactly.  He said that the PET scan showed some very small places on his back that they have to assume are melanoma due to his history.  At this point they think that it is time to go back to Vanderbilt and Dr. Sosman and see what new there is too offer since it has been five years.  These spots are subcutaneous...not in bones or organs...and very, very small...cannot be felt when the doctor mashes where he thinks these places are.  They are going to send updates to Vanderbilt along with the latest CT and PET scans.  Anyway, it looks like our trips to NIH are ending and we will be making the shorter trip to Nashville. Now to figure out how to get back in touch with Dr. Sosman...something to do on another day! We've got to get home first!

We have stopped for the night in Radford, VA.  We stopped pretty soon after the sun went down.  We have had several downpours during our trip today.  We didn't get away from NIH till 4:40 eastern time and stopped around 8 eastern.  We traveled around 250 miles.

The good Lord willin' I'll be blogging from Tullahoma tomorrow night.