Brenda spent the night with Donna at St. Paul's Hospital, she was told her endoscope would be somewhere in the morning in between the Dr's surgeries. Donna felt it was important to have someone with her that understood the medical system so she called her friend Barb who is a nurse to be there along with Mom, Darren, Brenda and myself (Kelly). Grandpa Ed, Auntie Colleen and Uncle Terry stayed at the house to entertain Junelle.
Donna did not actually get the endoscope till 4:30 pm - so we had people shuffling during the day with Darren going home in the early afternoon to spend some time with Junelle and taking Brenda with him to get some sleep.
At 3:00pm we were told that the Dr. was ready for Donna, Darren was quickly called so he could be with Donna. Prior to the endescope the surgeon spent time with Donna, Mom, Barb and myself showing us the CT Scan and answered all our questions and explained the process for the endoscope ... he repeated this process with Darren & Terry when they arrived.
The surgeon also told us that he would be seeking a second opinion ... he did one better than that by having his second opinion at his side while he preformed the endoscope.
It may have been a very long day playing the waiting game but we are all impressed that the surgeon squeeked Donna in between his busy schedual with no notice and not once but twice spent in depth time with family members reviewing her CT Scans.
Thanks to the staff at St. Paul's Hospital, their humor through the day was uplifting, the surgeon for his determination to fit Donna into his busy schedule and the time he spent with the family ... there really is someone looking down on Donna.
Kelly Hendriks
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