Pittsburgh Day 3

So, yesterday was day 3 ( are we sure about this? felt like day 999). We thought that this day would be pretty easy, talk to the shrink, get some info, see the Liver Doctor. We showed up at Montefiore Hospital at 0900, first off Melissa saw the shrink, (as she calls it) her name is Ginger and she really liked her, they had a great talk that we were not privilege to. Her appointments were originally scheduled with plenty of time in between, which we were glad to be able to eat, rest, whatever. Well, several people canceled their appointments and Melissa ended up going back to back all day. The next step was to have her blood drawn, (just for liver mind you). She is an incredibly hard stick but luckily they only had to stick her 4 times to get the 33 vials of blood (not exaggerating). Mind you she is only 92 pounds and they took half of her body weight in blood. She was not feeling too good after this. Then they rushed her into the Social Worker Kim's office, nice lady gave us all sorts of information about everything social. She even gave a talk about how to fund raise. (Apparently, she doesn't know me). Super nice lady, very helpful and sweet. Next appointment was with the Liver Guy, Dr. Chopra, very funny, worked at Mayo in Scottsdale for awhile, thinks are weather is terrible. When we first went in we met Karen, she will be our Transplant Coordinator for the Liver side of things. Lots of information, questions, life history. It is like being in a whirlwind, and Melissa was not feeling so good. When the Liver guy got her labs, her potassium was only 2.7. She immediately downed 4 big potassium pills and when her appointment was over they escorted us via wheelchair to the emergency department for her to be tested again. Tammi and I sat in the waiting room while Judy went back with her. Melissa was ready to cancel the whole deal right here. While I was waiting in the waiting room, I was talking on the phone to my mom, I realized that I hadn't taken any pictures all day, so I took a quick picture of the emergency department sign, when suddenly I had a encounter with the law........I got to meet my first mean person in Pittsburgh. A 6 foot 4 inch, 300 pound grouchy man was suddenly in my face, he said he was taking my camera. What??? This was serious, like I pulled a gun out or something. I was freaking out and said, "no, you can't have my camera, I am not from here, blah, blah, blah". He very sternly marched me out of the hospital backwards. I was stunned to say the least. Finally, after about 30 min he let me back in and took my camera until we were ready to leave. We sold bracelets to the Dr.s and Nurses in the ER. We went to Paneras for dinner, watched the bachelor and went to bed. Today is the Cardiac side of things. Thanks for all of the notes of support and friendship.