Tomorrow is the day--Not

If all goes well Linda will get her operation tomorrow morning. If the operation goes as well as the IV's have been we will be very happy. Hold the phone, Amy just came in. Linda had her ultrasound yesterday at the main hospital, more on that later. Amy says the ultrasound was normal for a woman her age. No cause for concern. But there a few more tests to check before the operation. So maybe Fri. rats. Now we want to get the show on the road and get this over.

Yesterday Linda had her ultrasound at the main hospital. So to escort us over they sent over the sister of Yao Ming, the Chinese basketball player. This was the tallest gal I have ever seen. And I soon found out why. We walked to the main hospital from our section of the hospital and once we got into the main hospital what a difference. Ever heard the term Chinese Fire Drill. Well that is orderly compared to what we walked into. Wall to wall people everywhere all pushing and shoving to get where they wanted to go. And thru all this like a huge ice breaker plowed our guide. We tried to stay as close to her as we could because if the slightest space opened between us it filled up with fast. The main hospital must cover a few square miles. We went down hallways, up elevators, down more hallways down more elevators till we got to the ultrasound section. Now about the elevators. You are going to love this Scott. When it was time to ride another elevator our escort pulled us to the door so we would be first on than she would push us to the rear of the car. Than this huge mob would get on. An on And on. There is no such thing as personal space in China and soon we were pressed into this box like a large trash compactor. And still they came in. I thought there could be no more space and still they pushed in. When it got to where you had to catch a breath when the guy next to you exhaled, that's when the door would close. Than we would get to our floor and the big lady would push her way thru the mob pulling us along in her wake. Than down another mile long hallway full of people. When we got to the ultrasound section there were a bunch of people sitting in a row of chairs waiting for their turn. Watching the going on's, the time pass quick. When it was Linda's turn, she went into the room and it was like an assembly line. Get on this table. Hook up the leads. Scan. OK, get out. Next. they didn't even remove the leads from Linda. As we were walking down the hall she was pulling leads off her hands and arms. Back in our room she was still finding sticky's under her shirt. So what I see is the Chinese people get good care, just fast.

The night before last Linda was feeling pretty good so I took her out of the hospital grounds and to the walmart. This was the first time Linda did a taxi ride here and good thing she had her panty liners on that I had got for her because the taxi ride made her wet her pants. I've talked about the taxi's before so just check back a few letters to review.

Linda is taking some treatments right now at the TCM guys and she likes that. She is looking so good now that if she was home you would be amazed It can only get better.

john and linda in China