The Last Portland Medical trip {{Hopefully}}

We had a great trip up... Monday morning we hung around long enough for me to call my doctors as my breathing was getting worse and I wasn't sure if I should even leave home...My doctor prescribed a higher dose of prednizone we stopped at the save on and picked it up then to taco bell so I could take it with food ..Randy bought nachos and ate them while driving yikes he did pretty good though ..I don't like taco bell for driving food its way to messy....... anyways, I popped my preds and by the time we got to Roseburg I was breathing better than I had in a month I could actually feel my lungs opening up.......It felt soooooo good, I told Randy that I was worried I was going to hyperventilate just because I was enjoying breathing so much, it was like taking a drink of the best food or drink you have ever tasted and I just couldn't get enough of it..
For our day we had planned to stopped in Salem and go to the enchanted forest...We had a great time there its a small amusement park, very laid back not overly crowded..Rylan was tall enough to go on all the rides except the log ride...

~~~While we were on out way up we received a call from Randy Aunt we were supposed to stay at their place on night 2 but they had been around her daughter who had been around someone who was exposed to swine flu and the daughter had to be in quarantine and the Aunt was having to take care of the kids and they had already been around them all weekend so to make a long story a bit shorter, we didn't stay there..I told Randy with my breathing problems... I really really didn't want to take a chance getting it and he totally agreed...I have also now decided I will be getting a swine flu vaccine for myself and Rylan... I feel I really have no choice at this point.. I am 99.9% sure if I got that flu I would not survive... my lungs could not handle it and I know my immune system is way down just from the past month..
OK back to the trip ~~~~~
Tuesday was Rylans big test day we were up at 4:30 am I say up but we never really slept... I hate sleeping in motels..Off to taco bell so he could have some food in him by 6:30 am then to the hospital for numbing cream on both hands and feet for his IV ...
we scored two free tram passes and rode the tram first time while waiting for the cream to work it was an hours wait ...then he had to get the IV put in he cried just a little and actually hated the tape the worst...then off the the radioactive dye in the IV, then we went to the zoo for our 4 hour wait for the dye to get all through his kidneys... people were looking at his hand the whole time and one little girl asked why he had that on ...It was a really good choice though, because it kept his mind occupied and off the darn thing ...
About 2 hours after we were at the zoo I stepped off a big step and hurt my leg and had to hobble to the first aid center for ice then back to the car...This was not good I was crippled for the whole trip... I got a ace bandage at the hospital pharmacy and that helped a lot ...
For Rylans test they gave him diprovan {{its he same drug they think killed Michael Jackson ))to knock him out that stuff works quick... we left the room for about 45 minutes while he had his test done then back awake he drank some apple juice and back to the zoo we went, he recovered very quickly, we rode the train and saw lots of fun animals...
After the zoo we decided to get on over to the coasts and find a room or campgrounds for the night ..The drive from Portland to the coast is very beautiful the coastal towns on the north coast are so much better south coast has better weather but the towns aren't nearly as nice.. we stayed in Lincoln city after eating dinner here Chinook winds we wanted to stay in the motel but it was full so we found a nice place down the road ...next morning we were up bright and early to meet my friend Kara and her family at the Newport aquarium for the day ...we then had hot dogs at there place and Rylan had a great time playing with Jo~ellie and Kaylin.. He would of liked to seen her more, but it didn't work out ...
Thursday we went to another aquarium and spent time back at camp playing on the play ground and then campfire with marshmallows and off to bed early...
Friday morning Rylan was done camping first thing he said when he woke up was I want to go home ...Yes I am thinking I have birthed another non~camper...We took off about 9 am and drove the coastal route home .we stopped in Bandon for lunch ..Then Brookings to play in the sand and feed the seagulls the bread ends I had been saving in the freezer for the past year :-) then on home... it felt so good to be back...
We don't have the results from Rylans test back yet I will post when we here the news ...