Testing... 1,2,3...

I had my echocardiogram today. It was a sonogram and only took about 20 minutes. I got to see my heart beating with the little valve just a flappin' away. I have palpitations and she asked me if I drank lots of coffee - and I told her no, lots of soda, and she said the caffeine will do that. I got the rest of my appts scheduled too. Some of you have been asking about surgery and how I'm doing and when Jim gets back, etc. So I thought I'd give you a visual. (Yes, I'm just that good.)

Tuesday July 31: Echocardiogram
Wed. Aug 1: Consult with plastic surgeon re: reconstruction after surgery
Thurs. Aug 2: Bone Scan and CAT Scan and then pick up Erik from camp
Friday - Mon: Try not to kill Erik
Tues. Aug 7: Meet with Oncologist who will go over the results of all the tests - decide which surgery to do.
Wed. Aug 8: Possible surgery date
Thurs. Aug 9: Jim gets back home at 8PM

Ironically Erik's primary babysitter is leaving for Cancun right after camp and won't be back for awhile. My mom has offered to help with Erik and I have a back-up babysitter too. Thanks for your concern and if you have any questions, just leave me a comment and I'll reply there.

As for how I'm feeling right now or if I feel "alone" since Jim and Erik are gone - I'm doing really well. These tests are painless. I just hope I "pass" all of them. I never was much good at test-taking. I'm really enjoying having the house to myself. I'm sure Erik is having a lot of fun at camp and Jim calls me at least twice everyday from Scotland. He tells me he's having a good time with the girls and that they seem to have formed a small baseball team with some neighborhood boys. At this point with my tests and consults spread so far out - he may be here for surgery or at least the recovery aspect. Remember, there may be a chance that I do the chemo first and then the surgery at a later date. I won't know for certain until Tuesday, August 7th and I'll be sure to blog again then and let you all know.

Until then, I'll leave you with a very technical image of the CAT Scan procedure: