Hospital Routine

Just a little update on how Sophia's Chemo appointment went on Wednesday and a little of what we go through and why an appointment can take up to 5hrs or more.
We got to the hospital at 1pm and I got Sophia all checked in at registration. We usually have to wait about 20 minutes before she gets called to go to triage where they take her vitals, height and weight but since she didn't have an appointment to see her doctor they sent her right away to get that all done. We did have to wait about 15 minutes before triage was ready for her but that's pretty normal. Once she was all done at triage we were sent down the hall to where she would get her chemo but we had to check in there first. We then waited about half hour for them to call Sophia in a room where they drew blood from her picc line and once that was done we then had to wait about an hour for them to get results and get the order ready for her to get the chemo. So for that hour we can go wherever in the hospital, which there's plenty to do there, and once the nurses are ready for her they call my cell phone and we head back to the nurses station. So Sophia and I went to have lunch and after we walked to the garden to watch them decorate for Christmas. It's looking so cute out there and I cant wait til its done so Sophia could see it all and we could do a walk through. Sometimes they have this lady who volunteers her time and she reads books, and gives books away, and does crafts for the kids and Sophia seems to like that but she wasn't there that day. Anyways, the nurse finally called me and said Sophia's counts looked great and she would be receiving both chemos (last visit her blood levels were lower than they wanted so she only received one chemo) so we headed back upstairs to the nurses station and waited about another 20 min for the order to be ready so we killed time in a waiting room till they called her in. Finally they called her in a room where they give her the chemo. One of the chemo is a push through, meaning they push it through themselves into her picc line and the other is hooked onto a machine that feeds it slowly into her picc line. After each chemo is done they do a saline flush to clear her line so total it's about an hour to receive both chemos. Once this was done we then waited about 10 min for them to call us into a different room were they would do her dressing change to her picc line which takes about 10-15 minutes depending who does it, this time it took about 20 min because they were teaching a nurse how to do it. I usually don't mind but I really just wanted to be home already. Overall she did well receiving the chemos and with her dressing change. They even gave her a cute pink beanie which she loved and wore it proudly walking out and as we met hubby/daddy (he took the train from work to meet us there) she got to show it off to him :) So in the end we were there about 5 hours and this wasn't including seeing her doctor, actually we usually see a resident first then her doctor which makes it for an even longer visit at the hospital. Hubby, Sophia and I finally hit the road and we got all that lovely holiday traffic but it was nice because Sophia go to nap before we headed over to my moms to celebrate my niece's birthday and hubby and I got to talk the whole way :)
This is just a typical appointment at the hospital that doesn't include the doctor visit and doesn't include any procedures.
Phew! Writing that got me just as tired as going through it. Everyone's prayers are much appreciated as we continue through this "sick season" It really sets Sophia off with treatment when she gets sick which in the end it prolongs the ending of this all.