Rochester

12-7-09 5pm

As long as I can get on free wireless I will keep everyone updated on our trip to the Mayo Clinic.

A little history for those of you just joining us. Lisa has been battling hyperparathyroidism. She has had two surgeries and multiple tests and procedures over the last few years. Her doctors have sent her to the specialists at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN to get this resolved.

The trip here was pretty nice. Aubrey would not sleep but did behave for the most part. We enjoyed some bean burritos and good tunes on the way.

We were struggling to find an affordable place to stay for a week and one of Lisa’s friends and past co-workers hooked us up BIG TIME. Her husband visits Rochester a lot so they have a nice 3 bedroom apartment they stay at. They are letting us use it all week. It’s a great place and really made this trip possible. Not sure how we would have been able to afford a week at a hotel. Plus Aubrey has her own room to sleep and nap in. Not sure how we can repay them but this is awesome.

I lost the only unsecure wireless connection while I was typing this…I will update when I can.

Travis

12-8-09 10:30am

Aubrey decided that she did not want go to bed at 9pm last night. I took her for a drive at 1am to see if that would work. She finally fell asleep around 2am and I returned to the apartment at 2:30am. She stayed asleep and let us get a few hours as well. It’s a little different doing this with apartment neighbors. You can’t really let her cry for too long at 1am. Hopefully tonight is better.

Lisa went to the hospital on her own this morning so Aubrey could sleep in and hopefully get back on a normal sleep schedule. Lisa met with her doctor who went over past medical issues. Checked out some stuff and did some blood work. They also scheduled a test this afternoon to test her vocal cords to make sure there has not been any damage due to the past surgeries. We go in for that at 3:30pm. The doctor said they will not do an exploratory surgery. They will only do surgery if they find something on the scans Wednesday. Lisa was impressed with the hospital.

We are just hearing now we are about to be hit with a blizzard so that will be another challenge this week. I’m hoping to be able to get some more info. I’ve heard anything from 6-12 inches with 40 mph winds. Yikes! J

I think we are about to venture out for some lunch/brunch and groceries. I’m hoping to find a wireless hot spot to post this on the blog.