Testing...testing!

The testing required to be cleared for a kidney donation is very thorough. That is if you can get past the gateman....in this case it was the gatewoman...my coordinator. Very nice lady, personable, cheerful...too bad I had to speak to someone else to even get a call back once I filled in the first application.

Then my cousin had to reach out to a supervisor and threaten to write a letter to get the ball rolling. With that being said I finally was scheduled to come in for the first set of tests.

Sooooo shana and I stroll in ready to rock and roll. First step meet with coordinator to talk about the process and dieting and the cake she made for a coworker and weight loss and the Wii fit plus and the process and candy and finally we head to the next room for weight and blood pressure.

Please tell me something. I have been weighting myself on the Wii for months, however I find this to be true for most scales. Why are you always at least two lbs heavier on that stupid scale at the doctors office??? Why? I don't understand how I can be one weight everywhere else in the WORLD but at the doctor office...nope you're just heavier!

So of course my coordinator says no problem your weight is fine and your blood pressure.....fantastic! Now we need blood! First, go to admitting and get yourself all checked in then go to the lab, then get yourself a chest x-ray with this little pieces of paper oh yeah and then grab an EKG on the way back. Get in the elevator to the first floor make two rights go straight admissions on the right, then another right pass elevators make left go straight lab on right....3 minutes later! As we get on the elevator ...where the he'll am I going first?

Get to admissions explain situation and pass off paperwork. Wait for slow AZZ clerk to call me up, snarl a little and take my information. Sit there while she takes her sweet time......lada da ladi da lada da. Presto I am ready to move on to the blood suckers.

Go to window pass off paperwork, sign in and take a seat. When asked if I signed in a woman shouts out "I was here first". Ummmm, relax crazy woman. At this point shana promptly puts woman in her place... "we would not cut in front if you, we weren't raised that way!". Although it sounds nice in written form... The presentation was a zinger...true to her scorpion nature. 10 vials of blood later..I'm done and on to the next one.....TBC.