Cody played 2 baseball games in Rochester last night. They won the first game by 1 and lost the second game by 1. Cody had a very good night. He got some good hits, pitched, made some plays, and caught some balls in the outfield. The second game went into extra innings so he didn't get home until today--12:45 A.M.!
We headed back to Rochester mid morning for an autonomic test and for an appointment with the oncologist. The testing was kind of interesting. He was hooked up to electrodes and heated blankets and blood pressure things on his finger and arm etc. The electrodes made him sweat in certain parts of his body. They were then able to measure lots of things. You can tell I didn't quite get it all but it was interesting to watch. The last test was a tilt table test where the entire table just stood him up. They measured his BP every few minutes. I think his results will be fine---in fact, I think they were kind of boring so that's good.
The oncologist visit was another story! She is the first doctor in all of the ones we've ever seen who was really just not very nice! She was rude, very opinionated, put Dr. Nagib and other doctors of ours down and said they were wrong!, tried to tell us there was NO injury or nerve damage at all from the surgery, that Cody's nausea, fatigue, and dizziness is probably just anxiety, that we should not have allowed him to stay home so much, and that the rule at their house is no school, no sports! That about sums up what she had to say!
To make a long appointment short, I let her talk and then I defended our doctors, stood up for him really being sick, told her he did miss sports when he was sick, and just defended all she knocked down--calmly but firmly. When she found out we are both in education, and that one of her best friends, Dr. Bendel, is Cody's oncologist, she got all gushy and lovey dovey and couldn't have been nicer. She told Cody she hoped he'd feel better soon and said it takes time to heal. She gave us each one of her cards. When we got to the elevators Cody tore his up and threw it away!! There was much more to this visit but it just was kind of a nasty one. Before she came in the room, I said, I wonder what this dr. is like, if she's nice or not nice. Thankfully, as soon as we left and were around the corner, we both burst out laughing! Cody even said, "I'm telling Dr. Fischer about that doctor!" He doesn't think she knows very much! Whatever, she didn't have all the information and it wasn't worth it to dig it out. It's over and we don't have to see her again.
We have a little break now before the next visit. Maybe things can settle down just a little bit now for a few days. We have been nonstop with medical stuff since the last week of school when Cody was sick. Cody is hoping to watch friends on another team play ball tomorrow night and just play outside now and be a kid. Thanks for checking in. We are fine. Doctors are human too. We are so glad Cody's main dr. there is an amazing person who happens to be a doctor! Enjoy the 4th if I don't update before then. If something comes up, I'll be back.
