Bad Liver and A Broken Heart
Entry 1 10:31 a.m. Woke this morning at 6:00 a.m. with today squarely on my mind. I am sitting outside the procedure room in the Jones Pavilion at Virginia Mason, almost exactly 13 months from the first time Jenny had a procedure done. She is in with the health care professionals for a tumor biopsy of her liver. The women at the admitting desk tried to chase me away almost immediately. VM would prefer no one be in the building, save the workers and patients. I can't stand the idea of being farther away than necessary. They suggested I not come in at the entrance, but there is no bar, and Jenny needed me to be with her. Largely empty corridor waiting room. Jenny had blood work done, got some preliminary pictures taken (both done in the Buck Pavilion). We then walked or hobbled over here to Jones Pavilion. She told me one of her mets on her liver is the distance between, bending her forefinger and thumb to show the size, about...