Huntsman Excursion

We spent yesterday afternoon at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital down in Salt Lake City. It was time for Nate's check-up with his Oncologist. Usually when we go down we leave all of the kiddos with someone, however this time we took Evie along. She is a little energy pill, I tell ya. We started off by getting Nate checked over by the nurse. We just love her, she is always so positive and bubbly. Always with a giggle ready to erupt from her. She is also a Cancer survivor herself. Nate gets his blood drawn, his weight, blood pressure, oxygen level, and heart rate checked, among other things.


This day went a little out of order, normally after he gets checked in we head off to Radiology for an x-ray or CT scan, however because of the rain storm we arrived a wee bit late and headed right in to see Dr. Agarwal.

He came in, checked Nate over and told him he doesn't even want to call him a patient anymore, he is too healthy! Since we are heading into our third year with Cancer he wants to see Nate back in August for a CT scan. One of his last for quite a while, if it looks as good as we are all thinking it will. Since Nate is doing so well he doesn't want to expose him to anymore CT scans than he absolutely has to. He told us the radiation from a CT scan is like having well over 100 x-rays at once. Not something you want to continually be exposed to for sure.

Evie and I headed for a walk in the halls while Nate scheduled his next appointment. Along the way we found something new. It is a 24,ooo piece puzzle put together by Jon Huntsman's grandsons. It took them around 6 months to put together. They donated it to the hospital to display. Evie LOVED it! We spent about ten minutes looking at it, mostly counting the number of Nemo's in the picture. Isn't it amazing?

Once Nate was done it was off to Radiology to get an x-ray. Normally we walk right in and within 5 minutes he is pulled back. Today we had a bit of a wait. Fortunately Evie was very good this entire trip. You can see me in the background reading a magazine, I went through 3 magazines cover to cover this afternoon.



Once Nate got pulled back Evie and I headed upstairs to the Point Bistro. No trip to Huntsman is complete for Nate and I without stopping and getting a Carmelized Salmon entree. Usually we have time to eat it between his tests and his actual appointment, but today we got it to go.
While it was being cooked Evie enjoyed checking out the joint. She sat at almost every table, declaring each time that this was the one we would sit at. The closer she got to the windows with the amazing view, the closer she got to where Nate and I usually sit to partake of our salmon.

So glad to get through another Huntsman excursion with good news.