Feb 22, 2007

Gary had called the urologist a couple days ago and found out that they don’t do the urodynamics (my spell checker keeps automatically changing that word to “aerodynamics,” so if that ever slips through, be assured we aren’t having Gary tested for how well he is built for flying) test with video, as the Shepherd doctor said should be done, but Gary decided to go through the test anyway. Turned out, though, that we wasted about an hour of our time (can you tell by now I hate to waste time?) – the technician had no idea how to perform the test on Gary, because according to his procedure, he would be filling Gary’s bladder with water and as he was doing so asking Gary to tell him when he first had the urge “to go” and when the urge was, well, urgent, etc. Gary never feels those urges any more. The doctor wasn’t there to ask about what should be done, so we decided to just leave without having anything done here – we’ll have Gary do it up at Shepherd sometime.

Since we now had time we didn’t expect to have, I asked Gary if he wanted to shop for shirts for his birthday (I am also getting him some “wheelchair” khakis and jeans, and some “goodies”). So we went to Penny’s and he picked out a handful of short-sleeved pullover knit shirts for when the weather gets warmer (though today was a beautiful day – 70 degrees). He said shopping was much more fun than a urodynamics test. We then stopped in at Brewsters to get him an ice cream cone before going home.

We finished the March of the Penguins movie and have been watching the Special Features. We have been enjoying that even more than the main feature, because it is more informative and personal.