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Tests Performed at Reston Hospital

July 20, 2011 by Ryan's Rally LLC 7 Comments

Phew. What a day! I wish I could have told everyone the plans, but I worry about leaving our home unattended. Best to not let any bad people on to it that we are out.

It started around 5:30 AM. Ryan needed to be ready for transport to Reston Hospital at 6:30 AM. It was tight, but I had him ready when the EMTs arrived and we were on our way by 6:45. My thanks to Mary Mitchell and Paula Yocom for setting this all up. The day was beautifully coordinated!

A machine to measure bone density to check for...

Dexascan Image via Wikipedia

The first test, a dexascan, was at a satellite building of the hospital. A dexascan is nothing more than measuring bone density. It’s a non-invasive, low-level x-ray type of procedure that is often used for older people with osteoporosis. The actual test itself took less than 15 minutes. Getting Ryan into (and maintaining) position was actually more difficult.

From there we loaded Ryan back into the ambulance and drove across a parking lot to the main building. He went to radiology and had his left forearm x-rayed. Remember, this is the one that broke during therapy earlier in the year. My guess is it will showed that it is completely healed, but not at a good angle.

Without Ryan even leaving the x-ray room, a technician came down and drew his blood. We then headed over to another room in the same wing of the hospital to a doppler scan. The gentle way to put it is this uses ultrasound to measure blood flow through the veins.  In reality, they are looking for blood clots that have formed and pose a danger. We had both arms and legs scanned. From start to finish it, took about two hours.  Preliminarily, his veins look good.

We stayed in the same room and in less than five minutes a cardiologist was there. We had an EKG performed on him to make sure his low heart rate at night was not caused by something serious. Everything looked good, but will need to be reviewed in more detail.

Within minutes we were on our way home, arriving an hour before my best guess that morning. Just an incredible job done by the people at Reston Hospital and Mary. The coordination was flawless.

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  1. Jo Hobbs says

    July 21, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    Hope all test results are normal. Still here. Love.

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  2. Dianne says

    July 21, 2011 at 6:53 AM

    I’m so glad that everything went so smoothly. Thank you, Mary & Paula for setting up everything. I hope & pray that Ryan’s results come back good & quickly. Have a restful day and relish in the fact that you have central air conditioning, Special hugs to Ryan!! SHSP, NGA.

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  3. Jenn says

    July 21, 2011 at 12:37 AM

    Wondered where you were today:-) Glad everything went so smoothly for you and Ryan!!

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  4. Gail Doyle says

    July 20, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    Ken,So glad to hear all went well in taking Ryan for tests’ Great coordinators (Paula and Mary) Praying all tests come back with no problems at all Peace to all. love Gail

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  5. Peggie says

    July 20, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    What a team! Job well done! Sometimes it takes a village…..Happy to hear how smoothly everything went today. You deserve a break and some rest. Praying all of the results come back favorable for Ryan! Much love, Peggie

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  6. Paula says

    July 20, 2011 at 9:47 PM

    Thank you for updating, Ken! I know how tired you must be from getting Ryan up and ready extra early. I’m so glad to hear everything went smoothly — hats off to Reston Hospital for a job well done. I hope you are able to get some much needed rest tonight. Praying for good test results and onward we go. Sending love…Paula

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  7. Morgan says

    July 20, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    Glad to hear the day went smoothly!

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