The Office Visit

This morning we headed out to the hospital to see an oncologist. We waited for a bit but not as long as we did for the sonogram earlier this week.

My wife and I were in an examining room waiting for the specialist to exam my wife. While waiting we heard sirens going off, we looked at each other worriedly both thinking if it's a fire alarm my wife will have to dress very quickly. We decided not to panic figuring that if it's a fire alarm the floor's warden will get us while checking rooms and at best if it's a drill we may be allowed to stay and wait.

After 15 minutes or so with no one coming to our room I decided to walk through the hallway to see if everything is safe. After going through 2 corridors I started to get concerned but I finally came across patients and hospital employees so I figured it was just a coincidence and returned to my wife advising her there was nothing to worry about.

Five minutes later the oncologist came in, that's when we learned it really was a fire alarm and not a drill or false alarm. However, it was just a copier that overheated so it wasn't a problem for us but the floor's fire wardens were reported for not searching thoroughly, they tend to take that very seriously at a hospital.

The doctor examined my wife and verified the tissue as a problem, choosing not to say anything definitively until receiving the pathology slides of the biopsy and studying them. She did say that the patch was about 5 cm x 7 cm and that it should be removed at the very least since if it's not yet cancerous it may be halted before it progresses further. She also wanted to be sure that it did not become an invasive cancer affecting my wife's internal organs.

We expressed our concern for the baby and it's development. The doctor said that my wife would not get drugs that her obstetrician did not approve for her use. Opting not to use drugs for the pain will not be an option since the healing process is a six week process under this type of surgery and that it will be very painful.

We scheduled to call the oncologist on Monday after she's reviewed the slides and reports to arrange for a surgery date. Monday is also the day that my wife is scheduled to see her obstetrician, her sister is coming in from the midwest for the weekend to help her out so I'll be in the office during this visit.

Our drive home was torturous, there's no such thing as rush hour anymore. There's mid to heavy traffic all the time on the highways.

Figuring that my wife will be in bed for the most part of the next month and a half I decided to replace the television in our bedroom. It's a small 17 inch color television that gets darker every time it's used. It's so bad now that any show or film with a night scene is unwatchable. I ordered it online from Circuit City for home delivery, the site said it's a 3 day wait time with an additional 3 day wait time for the tv to reach the local store, i doubled the wait time expecting their estimate to be a best case scenario.

I received an automated e-mail from Circuit City notifying me to call their distribution center to schedule for a delivery date. I thought: "and so it begins";, expecting a long drawn out process. I called the toll free number, gave them the order number and they asked if a Sunday delivery was ok, I was a bit surprised since I expected their announced 3 day delivery time was business days not calendar days. The operator then said he just noticed our local Circuit City did not deliver on Sundays, he apologized and asked if Monday would be fine. After verifying the operator meant this coming Monday, I accepted the Monday date quickly. I feared the next available delivery day would be three Thursdays from next week. The operator told me that the local store would call to advise of a 3 hour delivery window for Monday.