I drank two large glasses of water before heading to the doctor on Thursday, and because it was hot and I was still thirsty, I bought and drank a diet coke on the way. When I got to my doctor’s waiting room I was ready to pee. I signed in and waited, and waited. After 45 minutes I went up to the desk and asked if I’d possibly been forgotten. “Why are you here?”, the woman who had checked me in when I arrived asked. I told her and she said that the lab was really backed up. I wanted to argue that I didn’t care what was going on in the lab; I just wanted to pee in a cup and leave and they could deal with it when they had time. Instead I sat back down. A patient came in and after checking in at the counter the woman said, “Please have a seat” and the patient turned around and roared, “I can’t have a seat! When I sit down I get narcoleptic!” I began laughing that horrible laugh that you try to hide and having to pee so badly wasn’t actually helping matters. They finally let me pee in a cup after waiting an hour. I haven’t heard anything except I received a prescription for Bactrim that my doctor faxed into the pharmacy and now I am feeling better thankfully.
I guess Maggie’s ears are getting ready to stick up. Well, one of them is trying. I thought she just had a funny looking ear, but Alex researched it and said that if her ears weren’t up completely by the time she turns 5 months we are supposed to tape them up. I said that wasn’t going to happen. Who cares if she has funny looking floppy ears?
Comment by Belle
August 12, 2007 @ 7:29 am
Glad to hear you are feeling better! Did they ask you to do another sample after you are done with meds? (I ask because it is quite possible that one round won’t kill all them dern bugs.)
Maggie is adorable! We had Shelties a long time ago and their ears are supposed to point up and only the tips fall over. Since they weren’t doing that, we used closepins……and then gave up. Who wants to see beautiful doggies with closepins on? Who’d ever have known they just didn’t do that on their own? Aah, the quest for beauty….it’s such a PITA!
Comment by misscrankypants
August 13, 2007 @ 10:00 am
Maggie is so cute! What a sweet little girl.
You need to tell them when you get there that you are ready to go in the cup and that you have prepared!
Comment by Tammy
August 13, 2007 @ 12:20 pm
Belle, they didn’t ask me to give another sample. I will call and ask them if I need to. Thank you for the tip. Shelties are so cute! Do you have any pets now?
Comment by Tammy
August 13, 2007 @ 12:22 pm
Hi MissCrankyPants!
Yes, Maggie is a sweetheart. I feel really lucky to have her. I have always wanted a dog.
My sister said the same thing as you, about telling them I was ready to pee. The trouble is, I tend to not be assertive enough, even if it leads to my own suffering. I need to work on that.
I hope that you are enjoying your new home.