Tuesday, September 16, 2014

September 16 – “Research”

So … yesterday …

It started out with a doctor’s appointment in the morning.  Well, it wasn’t actually a doctor’s appointment.  I had to go to UTMB for a CT scan of my head to see if there was anything there.  After winding through the maze of the clinic building I was directed to lie down on the table.  Now I have done a boatload of MRI’s over the years, with all my neck surgeries, so I closed my eyes and settled in for the long haul.  And in about three minutes, maybe less, my escort was again standing by my side.  I figured something was wrong with the way I held my head, or maybe I hadn’t been still enough, but no.  The test was over.  What?  Then why do the MRI’s take so long?  I didn’t even have time to get in a decent nap.

From there we headed to a different door in the maze for an x-ray of my shoulder.  Actually that turned out to be five x-rays of my shoulder in five different odd configurations.  She asked me after explaining each position if it was painful.  Actually, the position was not painful, but the transition into it was.  I guess that all went well, too.  It sure seemed fast to me.  In fact, we arrived at the clinic building at 9 a.m.  We were getting into the car to come home at 9:40.  That’s hard to believe about any hospital, much less UTMB.  Something must be going right out there.

I spent most of the rest of the day working on church stuff.  Late in the afternoon I did go to the beach for about an hour.  Call it research for the baptism coming up on Sunday.  I sure didn’t catch any fish.  Way too rough.  Too windy too.  So, yes, that’s it.  Research.

Psalms 138:8 says, “The Lord will fulfill [his purpose] for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever — do not abandon the works of your hands.”

Father, thank you for those modern day miracles we see every day at hospitals.  Now give them some wisdom to interpret what those tests show.  Amen.

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