Its 7 pm and all is well

Mary is in her room. Amazingly enough, the surgeon, Dr. Visser, was here as we rolled her in from her CT scan. He was refreshingly frank and open about the simple fact that they don't exactly know what is causing this. His job, if it is necessary, is to go in and fix the plumbing once a diagnosis is agreed and they have a proposed fix.

He told us that Mary would see a ton of physicians over the next few days (and I thought she had seen a ton since we arrrived this am) all trying to figure this out. He said Dr. Banerjee is calling in all the appropriate discipines and at Stanford, they all make an effort to meet the patient. He also put the whole range of diagnostic outcomes on the table but put just a little more emphasis on a non-tumor cause--YESS!!!

Also, as we arrived, the MRI (MRCP) folks called looking for Mary. She is going for that process in a little while. They are not wasting time trying to capture all the info they can for a proper diagnosis.

They are providing IVs to keep her hydrated, fentanyl for pain and either zofran or phenergan for nausea.

As an aside, this is a large room for two patients. Mary is in bed B and she has a floor to ceiling window wall looking out at a very nice secret garden. She is asleep as I write this and they'll wake her shortly to take her to MRI. The charge nurse for the floor just stopped in and introduced herself. A very nice lady. Mary is sound asleep so she missed her. I am sure she'll meet her later. The duty nurse just rolled in as nurses do with their wheeled computerized carts. Its shift change time

Our friend Mary (aka MOR) stopped by after work today. We met in the cafeteria because getting into Emergency in Stanford is not easy (security procedures) and the space is really tight. She agreed to feed the dogs tonight a lot earlier than I will be able to do it.

While Mary is having her MRCP, I'll head up to the cafe to find a bit of dinner. They tell me the vending machines are wonderful if the service is closed. If we had arrived earlier, they would have allowed me to order a dinner.

That's probably it for tonight. Catch you on the flip side.

Pat