testing...

Who goes for medical testing on a weekend? Well, me... of course.... Honestly, didn't know that they even did that, so it was actually pretty cool to get it out of the way today.

I had to go get an ultrasound of my kidneys and bladder today... it doesn't appear they've found any stones or anything to worry about, so that's great news... Seems I have nothing to worry about!

Jonah was awesome, sat by my side, watched them do their thing and played Nintendo DS... He asked lots of questions about the ultrasound and what they could see, and I realized that the last ultrasound I had was when I was pregnant with him! He was in awe that he could see so much on the screen, and asked for an explanation of how it worked... He seemed impressed!

Then came the hard part... My grandmother is in the locked psych ward at the same hospital and hasn't been doing very well (both physically and mentally), so I brought Jonah to see her. The nurse didn't want to let us in, but I insisted that he be allowed to at least see her for a few minutes and the nurse begrudgingly agreed. I mean, if things don't go well, I want to know that he was able to see her and tell her he loved her before anything happened...

Jonah was nervous, mostly because the other patients on the floor wanted his attention, and his anxiety made him a little pink in the cheeks... But, we made it to my grandmother's room and he was cool. She was actually yelling at 2 nurses that were trying to give her meds! I looked in the room and told her "Hey, if you want us to visit, you've gotta take that medicine"... she looked shocked, but swiped the pills from the nurse's hand and swallowed it right down.

She saw Jonah was nervous and immediately changed her mood. She was so warm and caring, and told Jonah she was sorry, and that he had nothing to be afraid of... that she was just sick of all the medicine that she has to take and sometimes gets grumpy with the nurses.

When I saw her there last week, she said some pretty inappropriate things... things I'd never expect to hear from a 70+ year old woman, but with Jonah in the room, she was an absolute peach. She was so quiet and kind, spoke softly to Jonah and told Jonah how happy she was that he was able to visit. We were only allowed to stay a very few minutes, but Jonah gave her a hug and told her he loved her and she did the same!

If that's the last time that he sees her, and I pray that it's not, at least he'll have seen her in a positive light...