30 minutes later....
Checked in again. It would be just a couple minutes, but we were welcome to go to the other desk down the hall to be sure THEY knew we were here.
Oh, by the way.... Elizabeth is fine. They got everything. I didn't want you to have to wait until the end of this post to find out.
In the exam room while waiting for the doctor one of the nurses walked in and asked to see Elizabeth's wristband ID.
"Sorry," she said, "you weren't in our system. It's new and we didn't know you were here."
We told her it was not a problem. We figured we would be waiting.
Ten minutes later another nurse walked in.
"Hi, I'm Tracy the nurse supervisor. Why did you guys have to wait so long?"
Elizabeth and I just looked at each other. One of us, probably me, said, "Huh?"
Tracy went on about how sorry they were and that the new "system" had not let them know we were waiting. She really felt bad. We told her not to worry, everybody had been so nice and we weren't in a hurry.
Tracy apologized and gave a free parking pass for the day. "Not much, but it will save you $2!"
The doctor came in a couple minutes later. She told us that all the results were great. No need for any chemo. The tumor was about the size of her little finger. It had not progressed any farther than the lining of the uterus. They caught it as early as it could have been discovered. But... she did need to do an exam. They pulled the curtain closed and a couple seconds later I heard whopping and cheering. "It looks BEAUTIFUL! Whoo Hoo!"
As Elizabeth got dressed the doctor spoke to both of us, "My marching orders: Go home. Take it easy for a couple weeks and go live a normal life. Check in every four months."
And so we march...
One step at a time, one day at a time.
Somewhere in this world is one lucky goat.
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