Well Sam and I had an interesting morning. I got up at 5:30, which is REALLY early for me, and got us out the door at about 6:34. On the way to the hospital we were listening to the radio. The DJ was so excited to share that President Bush was going to be visiting Walter Reed today, how exciting, right?! Well if we'd gotten to see him it would have been nice!! When I told Sam "W" was going to be there he said, "Oh good, I've been wanting to meet the President". It took us about an hour to get to Walter Reed (it's 26 miles away) and about another half hour to get through the gate and to park. I was actually very pleased. One time I came up with Ethan and spent over 45 minutes looking for parking, it was terrible!!
We were very early for Sam's appointment so we walked around the hospital. Sam always enjoys the sights of Walter Reed. It is an interesting place. Nuclear medicine finally opened at 9:00 and we were the second ones in (Sam hadn't eaten anything because of the test and I was hoping to get in a little early). His appointment was at 9:30, but they didn't take us until 10:00. Poor kid, he was really hungry. They finally came and got us and Sam got to wear some snazzy purple gloves while he ate his radio active egg sandwich. He ate it pretty quickly BUT it was disgusting. They cook up the egg with no grease, no butter, and no seasoning. It was very dry and he couldn't drink anything until it was all gone. I was very proud of him. After he ate they took pictures of the food "going down" every fifteen minutes for an hour and a half. Walter Reed is not the most kid friendly place so it was VERY boring between pictures. We colord A TON of pictures!! The best part of the test was that the tech would let Sam "draw" on the computer screen after each picture with his radio active tummy. It was kind of neat! After all was said and done the doctor read the results and said it appears that he is digesting well. I was pleased with the results but also a little disappointed because I had hoped this test would explain what the heck is going on.
Leaving the hospital we had to find the special "non being used by the President" elevators. When we got down to the lobby they were blocking off hallways so we hoped we would get to see the "big guy". Unfortunatly he was on the floor above us, but I had my camera phone ready, just in case!! Sam went up to a Secret Service guy and asked if he could meet the President. He told him no, that only certain people can meet the President but that if Sam told him his name he would be sure to tell the President that Samuel Spencer said hi. Sam was pretty happy with that. We ran into another Secret Service guy who gave Sam a Secret Service pin. He was thrilled and told me he wanted to put it in his scrapbook. We managed to get out of the parking garage and off of the Walter Reed's grounds just as they were going on "lock down" to get the President home as well.
Getting home was yuck!! It took us about an hour and half to get home. Traffic was bad because of lunch, Friday and the start of Spring Break. Gotta love DC! It is so nice to be home and relaxing!! Thankfully I have about three weeks to rest before venturing down there again. Next time I'll be with Greg so that will help a ton. Hopefully that appointment will give us a clue as to what is wrong with his belly....stay tuned!!!
Heather
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