Neurologist report

Saw the neurologist today - he says the physical exam looks fine, he isn't expecting to find anything on the MRI.  They will be doing both an MRI and an MRA (if there is time).  From what I gather, the MRA looks at the blood vessels in the head.  They've also rescheduled it for tomorrow morning so that he'll be able to call us with the results during the day tomorrow.  

Meanwhile, how is Shawn feeling you might ask?  Pretty lousy.  He is however very excited about the Hebrew class he's teaching - yesterday was his first class.  He's having the kids do a mitzvah journal.  He also is excited about the classes he's taking this semester - all education classes except for Hebrew.  

He'll be repeating the blood test tomorrow morning; we need to get there when the lab opens at 8, then be at the MRI by 8:45.  Can't do the blood test afterward because they'll be injecting dye during the MRI.  We would have done the blood test today but we couldn't get the order for it - they were faxing it from his doctor's office at Northwestern but their fax machine was down.   

Shawn's not thrilled about the MRI as he's pretty claustrophobic.  The doctor gave him a prescription for Valium, to take one a half hour before and a second right before if he needs it.  He did say that they could also do an open MRI but that it wasn't as accurate and they couldn't do the MRA that way; so Shawn opted for the better test.