6 vials gone

I had my hematology apt yesterday.
Let me tell you how much I hate going to the hematologist.
It's a hematology/oncology department.
There are sick people here.
Yesterday I witnessed a woman 50ish silently crying because she just found out she had cancer. The 60ish year old man next to her was giving her secrets and hints on dealing with chemo side effects. He was 100% hairless, obviously very sick, yet so strong for this woman who was falling apart.
I saw people getting chemo in a very small side room.
I saw a woman bringing her mother in for treatment very concerned because her mothers skin was a very obvious shade of yellow.
People are SICK here.
I felt like an impostor.
People gave me the sad face.
People thought I must have cancer.
I wanted to tell them that I didn't, but I buried my nose in a magazine and thanked God that my family is as healthy as we are.

The good news is is that my liver rocks.
It got hit pretty hard from the HELLP, but it's bounced back to even better than normal!
My clotting times are still off, but the Dr thinks that this might just be MY normal. Who here knows what their PT/PTT/Fibrinogen levels are besides me? My guess is, nobody.
And why should you?
We don't know what my levels were pre HELLP, so maybe they were always just a bit 'off'.
But, of course you don't want to leave any stone unturned when it comes to a possible coagulation issue, so I again went and lost 6 vials of blood. Just to be careful.
Not sure when the results will be in. My doctor asked if I'd prefer to get the results on the phone or if I'd like to come in and talk to him in person.
Phone.
Definitely.
I'd rather not ever visit the hematology/oncology department again, bless those poor people!
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OK, who the hell thinks they need to buy their child's Halloween costume more than a month in advance. Cripes, am I the only slow one here?
I LOVE the Old Navy Monkey.
Unfortunately so does everyone else.
They are S-O-L-D out!
Luckily I swiped one in a 12-18 month before they ran out of those, but really, I should have a 24 month. Unfortunately for my second child, he inherited my height genes. He's a shrimp. His 21 month old body fits in the 12-18 months suit just barely, but enough.
When I first saw the monkey I KNEW it was for Miles.
He's 99% monkey! All the other monkey costumes I've seen are no where near as cute as the Old Navy Monkey and a good $10 more PLUS shipping.
So, he'll be able to wear it for one day and then he'll be too big. So much for the $19.50, right?
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