2/6/25

 Today was another tornado of a day. Avery called and is sick. She is achey, has a headache, is extremely fatigued….it seems to be going around. Poor thing.

Ethan is feeling better and Paul is feeling better. Ethan’s nasty cough is hanging on though.

Avery called for help filling out apartment paperwork. She needed a co-signer on her apartment. We chatted about taxes and how there is so much in taxes taken out of our paychecks. She also needed her school bill paid, so we took care of that too.

I was able to make a kidney appointment as well as a hematology appointment for Ethan. 

I finished up work a little before 5 and immediately rushed off to Brockport for Ethan’s MRI. The MRI is of a benign adenoma (growth) on his pituitary gland. His neurologist wants to make sure it isn’t growing.

He had to answer YES to a lot of the check in questions, so it took a little bit to explain the answers and make sure he would not be injured with the MRI magnets.

They told us about this rare condition that people can get if they receive contrast. It was the same contrast Ethan was going to get.  The nurse told me not to work because it only happens with people that have a GFR (a value used to measure kidney function) of 30. Ethan’s is 40. A normal reading is above 90.

I am now convinced with Ethan’s medical disobedience, he is going to be the RARE case that they have never seen in someone with a GFR of 40. I sat quietly and just filed that information. 

The nurse left the room and had Ethan change into scrubs. He then waited to be called back. 

They finally called him and the procedure took a minimal amount of time. Everyone was so kind and efficient.

As we were getting ready to go, Ethan made a comment about the rare condition. It seems he and I were thinking the same thing when the nurse was talking about it. Ha!

I was home with just enough time to prepare for my volunteer session for our Vet Tech trivia night through my work. It helps to prepare students that are getting ready to sit for their boards. That ran about an hour and a half or so. 

It was a long day!