Doctor's Visit

05.27.08

Doctor’s appointment today…I have always said I would be critical of wait times at doctor’s offices and give praise when it was deserved. Today was an exceptional visit. In and out in under 30 minutes. Now this could mean a couple of things – 1- we were just lucky, 2- the doctor sucks and is going out of business (hope she can hang on until September) or 3- they are efficient. I am going with the latter for peace of mind. Dr. McCusker measured her again – 25.5” perfect – once again don’t really know what that means except that is almost the official size of a girl’s basketball 28.5” (I really do know what it means – call me and test me if you dare). The baby’s heart rate was 136bpm for those keeping track at home, it has slowed down. LA said that means it’s a boy. I told her she was crazy…as the baby gets bigger the heart is going to slow down. It can’t keep beating at 144 bpm, forever. LA is 25 weeks and has her paperwork for the gestational diabetes (the sugar) test to get done in the next two to three weeks. She isn’t looking forward to it. Everyone, including the doctor, says it sucks. The doctor told her to chug it, not sip it. The doctor also gave her some pointers (cheats) for passing the test. Hope those work – well really doesn’t affect me (effect me – English teachers), I don’t have to drink the stuff. The magic number is 140 and lower. 10-15% fail the first test and 1% fail the follow-up three hour test. For the accountants and numbers people reading this, the numbers don’t work but the doctor said a total of 5% of all women get/have gestational diabetes (the sugar). So say a little prayer over the coming days and weeks that she passes that test.
We get to meet a new doctor next time...should be interesting. Hope, we like her. I guess they are not going under so they must be efficient.

Drano test is still in the works…I promise. Marty and Danielle did it for me, so I feel like we have to do it. But theirs was only half right…ha!ha!