We were up at 7:20 am (EST) to get ready, eat breakfast and get to the clinic for my post procedure scan. At breakfast we met a lady and her son from Saskatoon. She was scheduled for her procedure that morning. I started to cry when I told them the pain in my legs was gone. I gave her a quick overview of the procedure and told her how wonderful the nurses are. Then I wished her luck.
When we arrived at the clinic, people were standing outside and I mean a lot of people. When the shuttle driver asked someone by the door to the clinic they told him the fire alarm had gone off and the building had to be evacuated. So we stood outside in the parking lot for five minutes. Watched the Latham fire department pull up, enter the building and two minutes later give the all clear. Exciting!!
I got my scan and was told to wait to see if the doctor needed to see me. The technician came back after ten minutes and said the scan was good so no need to see the doctor. I will get a report in two weeks with the official results of the procedure. When we left we saw the people from Saskatoon again.
When we were waiting for the shuttle to go back to the hotel we met up with Barb and Judy. Bard said the only thing she has noticed is the fatigue around her eyes is gone. Judy has a daughter in Calgary and she will call me next time she comes for a visit to see how things are going.
We took our time packing. We had a late checkout time of 1 pm. Mom went out for a walk and to take a picture of the daffodils in bloom. At 1:00 we checked out and went down to the restaurant for lunch. We took our time but still had too much time to wait.
The hotel shuttle took us to the airport at 3 pm. Our flight was to leave at 4:50 pm. We shopped for some souvenirs and had a hard time to find anything that had Albany on it. Most things said New York, but everyone things of the city and not the state.
When our plane arrived we started to giggle. It was so small. We had to go through an extra security screening before getting on the plane. I wasn’t sure why we had to do this until I got on the plane. The plane had 9 rows of seats with two seats in each row. Yes, that is eighteen seats. The co-pilot welcomed us on board and then showed all fourteen passages how to open the emergency exits. Then she hopped in to the cockpit and we were off. Luckily it was a short flight to Toronto, 1.5 hours. The flight was very bumpy and very loud.
We made it Toronto, got through customs and to our gate when they bumped the flight back because the plane had a flat tire. What a day. We got into Calgary around midnight. Dad picked us up at the airport. I woke Vaun up when I got home. Then I crawled into bed. It had been a very long day, 20 hours to be exact and I was glad to be home.
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