10/17/24

 The moon was beautiful this morning. I was admiring it on my drive to get the MRI on my back. 

When I arrived, they called me back and placed my IV for contrast. They took me to the room where the magic happens. They asked me to climb up on the table. 

The table was cold. 🥶 I asked for a blanket. If I was going to be there for a while, I was going to be cozy. The man gave me some headphones and asked me for the genre of music. I asked for classic rock.

They rolled me into the tube and the banging and MRI noises started. MRI’s are my favorite medical procedure to have. They don’t hurt. You can nap during them. You get to listen to music. But best of all, at that moment I am not in charge of anything. I was very relaxed afterward.

I stumped everyone when I asked how long it would take for the contrast to filter out of my body. I want to donate blood again, but want to make sure my blood is safe to donate. It is still to be determined and I need to call the Red Cross and find out.

What a beautiful day. Ethan was quite chatty today and I loved that. He was sharing things with Paul and I and we were laughing about them. He is doing normal 21 year old things. He was making plans with his friends for tomorrow night. 

I felt bad for Paul this evening. He recently fixed the brakes on our Jeep. This Jeep is a 2003 model, so not young at all. Paul realized that the frame is rusted.  Darn it! We have to get another vehicle.

Then our freezer broke and he spent an hour trying to fix that. He made a comment asking if other people had something always breaking. We have been feeling that way recently. I replied “even your wife is broken.”

I have been diligent with my exercises. Today I was more uncomfortable. I took several breaks and was on the heating pad. The good part of having a sore back is that my cuddle buddies are plentiful. They all want to lay on the warm heating pad too. Especially Penny. If I move she springs into action to steal it away from me.