Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Day 3 down and one more to go!!


Hello all, well another day down of testing... yesterday I had an adenosine stress test followed by a visit to the vein clinic. We received a tour of the area where they will be harvesting my stem cells and a brief overview of the machine that will actually be extracting the cells from me.
Today I had a cardiac cathetarization. This is the third one i have had done, so It was almost routine for me. The Cardiologist said my pressures looked good and that he was going to give the thumbs up for transplant.
Donna and I took a short tour of the Museum of Science and Industry this afternoon. This has been the only time we have had an opportunity to see a little bit of Chicago. The highlight of the afternoon was actually when we were waiting for a taxi back to the hotel... an ice cream vendor and a cab driver got into a heated argument about the prices being charged for an ice cream cone. It was something right out of Comedy Central!! At one point the ice cream vendor threatened to throw the cone at the cabbie... only in Chicago!! It has been several hours later and Donna and I still can't stop laughing about it. Tomorrow is the last day of testing. I have an MRI in the morning and a consult with the cardiac team in the afternoon. Piece of cake!!

4 comments:

  1. You should surf youtube, you may find your cabbie and Good Humor man starring on it!! Glad to hear that everything went well today! Good Luck tomorrow and love & prayers to you!
    P.S. Never knew Donna was such a great photographer!

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  2. I'm happy to hear Mike, you felt well enough to go to the museum. I know "the tour guide" had her heart set on it. All you have to do is stay strong,pull through this and let Donna do the rest. You go Adams !

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  3. Sounds like you're surviving your trip to Chicago rather nicely. Pizza, snickers bars, ice cream cones - hey you guys know how to live! Glad to hear your tests are going smoothly (with the exception of the torture chamber). Stay strong and keep your spirits up. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with you.

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  4. Mike and Donna, glad all the tests are going well.....our thoughts and prayers are with you both, Carmella G

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