Waiting to get on the list

Well, I'm finally back home. It took forever, but it was all worth it I hope. We check-in @ 7am and I was discharge @ 6pm. Almost 12hrs. Here's what happen:

~Waited in the lobby for 1hr. before they check me in.

~Waited in the lobby again for 30mins. for a transporter to take me to my room.

~While in my room, nurse took 20 tubes of blood (OMG!), blood pressure (low than normal), heart rhythm.

~Waited in the room for 1hr. Transporter took me down.

~Had chest x-ray and C.T. scan

~Waited in a holding room for 30mins. prior to going back to my room.

~Waited in my room for almost 4hrs. Transporter took me down.

~Had heart ultrasound and heart stress test. Walk and eventually ran on the threadmill for 4-5 mins. Jumped quickly back in the bed so they can do ultrasound of my heart while my pulse was over 155.

~Waited in a holding room for 30mins.

~Had abdomen ultrasound of my kidneys, lungs, spleen, bladder, abdominal muscle/tissues. The lady let me see my catheter tube. It was interesting. Now I understand why it hurt so bad when I drain fluid out at the end. My catheter sucks again my peritoneal wall. Very interesting.

~Waited in a holding room for another 30mins. As I was waiting for a transporter to take me back to my room, there was an elderly lady on a stretcher beside me. She grabbed my hand and she wanted me to feel her heart. I couldn't reach her chest. A nurse came by to talk to the elderly lady. Afterwards, she quietly lean on me to tell me that the lady has Mrsa. So the nurse wheeled me to the bathroom so I can wash my hands. I told the nurse that I'm a dialysis patient. I was so scared. I washed my hands in hot water and used Purell. I pray to God I did good enough washing to not catch it. I can't understand why they would put the patients that close together. You never know if that person is contagious. I'm not angry at the elderly lady. She was so sweet. I'm angry with the hospital staff. They should be more cautious than that.

~Transported me back to my room. Waited for 2hrs. to see if the Dr. need to see me before my discharge. After waiting for that long, nurse came in and said the Dr. didn't need to see me. Finally I was discharged.

Just a reminder, I had nothing to eat or drink since 6pm the night before. I was so hungry and soooo thirsty. I was really starting to feel nauseated and shaking. But, I didn't want to complain because I know this test is all worth it. I really hope they don't find anything with me that would not qualify me for a transplant because then all of what my husband and I did today would be for nothing. Speaking of husband, he was such a trooper. He too didn't eat or drink. He waited patiently through all of it.

Now, I'm waiting for results. I hope they don't take too long to let me know. Thank you for allowing me to share. I hope this was informative to those waiting for a Transplant Work-up.