Is that my Ultrasound or the Moon Landing?

Yesterday was my return to the doctor's office to see the nurse about my TB injection. She said the same thing I did, "It's tough to see where it is." Although I think my words were more along these lines, "It's hard to distinguish it from the other marks on my arm." I was in and out of there in mere minutes with a card stating I am Tuberculosis free! Excellent!

On to the Ultrasound this morning at the Civic hospital. I was told there was no need to come in any earlier than 7:00, as the technician is not there before that. I got up, made my coffee, poured my warm water for lemon and then realized, "No food or drink".  Ugh!! So, with a very dry mouth and the headache coming, off I went. I found a parking spot relatively easily, and made my way into the hospital. It's a little confusing once inside, even though most things are marked, the Emergency radiology department (where they do the ultrasounds that time of day) is tough to find. I arrived just as the lady at the desk was booting up the computer, great timing. I don't think my bum was in the chair for more than a minute when the tech came out to get me. I asked her right away if there was a chance she was from the Maritimes!  lol  I explained that the other two technicians I saw this week were from Newfoundland and New Brunswick and as I was from Nova Scotia, it would have been great if she was from PEI to round out the Atlantic Provinces. She was hilarioius, "I"m from Prince Edward County, does that count?" My reply... "I'll take it!"

The ultrasound was painless of course, but did take a while. A student did most of the work, she was lovely! It was pretty comfortable and they were very friendly, can't ask for much better than that (the picture above is not me of course, I was not to take pictures again). I will be interested to find out what the doctor puts in the notes, as there was a little "something" on the right side, that they both decided simply looked like a pyramid. I'm assuming that is supposed to be there. So back to crossing fingers and hoping everything is normal. I was looking at the images now and then, and thought how bizarre they look... as the title infers, looks a little like the moon's surface!

One image in particular, mind you, looked like a baby ultrasound (taken from my upper right quadrant.. lol). She said, "I assure you, that's a kidney."  Excellent! (Clearly these two look nothing alike... not my baby and not my kidney)!

  

Please spare a thought for my pal Craig and that this May we find a match in the paired program or someone else getting tested is a match. The more the better, just in case someone gets knocked out of the running for some reason. One step closer. Next week is the information session, CT Scan and Chest X-ray, then on to the consults!

Below are two pictures of Craig. The first is him doing dialysis. I remind myself that anything I "feel" or "go through" is really a piece of cake! The other is Craig and his wonderful wife Heather!