Well at least she speaks her mind

17 December 2009 | Kendrie cancer

Conversation in the car yesterday:

Mom:  See, they moved the clinic into a new building since we were here last year, so I’m not really sure where I’m going …. oh, look.  There’s the sign for parking:  OU Children’s Physicians Building.  This is where we go.

Kendrie:  Do you think the person who built the new building really loves OU?  And that’s why they named the place after OU?

Mom:  No, I think its named that because this is part of the OU Children’s Hospital.  Which is tied in somehow to the OU Medical School.  So I think the students must come here to practice and that’s why its called that.

Kendrie:  Oh, no!  Students?  I don’t want a bunch of teenagers poking on me today!!

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Annual blood test results perfectly normal.  One sigh of relief.

First visit with “Life After Cancer” clinic coordinator, to discuss long term plans, perfectly normal.  No current signs of late term issues.   Two sighs of relief.

Found out annual echocardiogram (because one of the chemo drugs, adriamycin, is known to cause heart problems) is actually only done every two or three years.  Kendrie’s results last year were normal, so she did not have to have one yesterday.  At this point we had already been in the clinic three hours, so to hear we could skip the EKG, elicted another sigh of relief, from both of us.

Discussed and agreed that neuro-psych tests at this time are probably not necessary, but might prove helpful in the future.  Decision made to get testing done.  Sigh of disappointment when coordinator tells me that although it does relate to her ability to organize and prioritize, it will NOT magically improve Kendrie’s desire to keep her bedroom clean.


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