So while I'm trying to figure out this GPS thing Kevin continues to drive around. The clock is ticking down and we are about 10 minutes from missing our appointment. As we are going up all these crazy streets going the direction that we know the hospital is in. Right there in front of us at the stop light is our saving grace.
We turned right behind a car which on that right side of the trunk was the Dornbecker Hospital logo. We were saved so we got to follow this car all they way up to the hospital. We parked the and briskly walked to the hospital, jumped on the elevator and took it too our floor and checked in. All with one minute to spare. Out of all of the times we have gone to this place it seemed the waiting area was the busiest this time around. Normally there would be maybe one or two family's. This time it looked like there were six. It made me sad to think there were that many children going in for surgery because the door we go in for Ethan's Echo (echo cardiogram) is right next to the surgery rooms. Ethan's name was called and we were off to see if Ethan could hold his spirited dislike for doctors down long enough for the Echo to be performed.
All didn't start out to well. Following the nurse was ok. She was the one who was to perform the Echo and she was nice. Ethan had no problem with her until she asked him to stand next to the height ruler on the wall. He broke out into tears. So we didn't get a height but we did get a weight of 36lbs . So once we turned away from the scales he stopped crying and we walked to the room. This is when the nurse started asking us if we had a follow up with the doctor there. Well we thought we did but to our surprise we didn't. The Doctor we normally saw retired. Therefore they didn't know who should see us after his appointment to go over the echo, nor did they say we would have to have an appointment for sedation just in case either. This day just kept getting better. She went off to see if anesthesiology could be used just in case Ethan wouldn't hold still. Kevin and I didn't want to have this happen. We would rather try again then sedate him because of what happened the last time. Last time Ethan had a adverse reaction and ended up not sleeping or eating all day. We ended up in the ER trying to figure out what was wrong. I didn't want a repeat of that. So once she got back it was time for the Echo and more tears. Starting out he didn't want to hold still and let the nurse touch him. However once we found out that we could watch the movies Cars he settled down enough for the nurse to finish. Wow this was a savings grace. Every now and then he would try to cry but we kept directing him back to the cars and he would stop. Once we were done Ethan got his kangaroo which he called a rabbit and everything was all better. Thank God this was finished.
So Ethan's Echo seemed to come out fine from the nurses point of view. She didn't see anything that alarmed her so the paperwork was sent to Ethan's normal pediatrician in Pullman for her to review and see if he needed any further testing. Right before we left I got a picture of the lobby entrance and one of Ethan playing with one of the statues out front while Kevin went to get the car. I do love this hospital since it is a Children's hospital. It has that warm feeling to it and I love all of the fun art work they set up through out the building for the kids to look at. I will miss this hospital since this will be the last time we go to Portland for an echo for Ethan. We will most likely go to Sacred Heart in Spokane from now on (Yah).
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