Stanford University Day One

We have made it to Stanford.

We left Arnie’s at 6:30 this morning and had no trouble getting here. It was about a 45 minute trip and we made it easily on the nice four lane freeway with very few cars on it. What a difference from our trip getting here yesterday.

We got here in plenty of time and are currently sitting in the waiting area of C21 at 300 Pasteur Drive on the campus of Stanford University.

8:52AM: That’s complete. I just got off a scanner that measured my spine and looked at my right and left hips. At 9:30, we are due at A11 for the next appointment…looks like something Pulmonary.

In the meantime, we found a cafeteria and we had a little snack.

12:07PM: We have made it through the morning appointments. I had to do the dreaded Pulmonary tests. It involves sitting in a little booth, breathing through a mouth piece and following the technicians instructions.

This is the test where you breathe normally until the tech tells you to take a big breath. Then you have to blast it out and keep blowing, keep blowing, keep blowing until you nearly pass out. Then you do it again. And again.And again until finally she has mercy on you and let’s you out of the booth.

I also had a walking test and I did pretty good at that. I guess the point of these tests is to determine just how sick I am.

We have an hour and a half break between appointments, so we went to a little Stanford Gift Shop and I bought a Stanford Medicine Hoody for $40.00. I needed something like that because I forgot to pack any kind of a jacket. It’s cold at Arnie’s house and the Oregon coast will probably be chilly as well.

Only one more appointment to go for today. We are back in the cafeteria waiting until 12:45 for the last appointment. It’s something called a Sniff test. I’m good at sniffing.

2:54PM: We are back home at Arnie’s. The Sniff test was literally a Sniff test. I stood on a little platform in from of a scanner at lung level. The Doctor had me breathe some regular breaths. Then she had me sniff a couple of times. That was it.

We are done for the day.

Day One complete.