My fate

... Is behind that door. Waiting to be called back for my blood draw.

(cue dramatic music)

 

Edited at 11:20:

 

I'm not sure why I didn't learn my lesson last time around, but the wait for lab results is KILLING ME.  Well over 3 hours now-- doesn't that qualify as STAT?  The previous hold up was because the fax didn't go through.  I'd always blamed it on Houston IVF's fax machine, but maybe it's CPL?  I wrote M's fax on the order this time.  I really thought we'd know by now.

 

Does it just take a long time to count that high?

 

I need answers!

 

Edited at 12:00:

 

M asked me to call the lab.  I did.

 

Simi: "I was just calling to see whether my lab results had been faxed to my doctor's office yet?"

Lab: "What's your name?"  [I told her]  "Oh yeah!  I thought it was so strange that they marked it STAT, because it has to go out to Utah."

Simi: "What?  Utah?"

Lab: "Yeah, quant hCG, right?  It has to be flown to Utah."

Simi: "I think that must be wrong.  I've had this lab done a bunch of times and it was always run here."

Lab: "Hmm.  Well, maybe I read the computer screen wrong.  You can call the main lab and ask."

 

So I called the main lab and told them my doctor hadn't received the fax yet.  They confirmed that they actually just entered the order in the system and results would be ready in about an hour. 

 

Simi: "So it doesn't have to go to Utah?  That's what the local lab told me."

Main Lab: "What?  Utah?  No, we run that in-house."

Simi: "Well, that's what I thought, but I had to make sure." [and then we both laughed, a lot.]

 

Now I chill out until 1:00, at which point I will re-engage the obsessively-watching-the-phone part of my brain.

 

By the way, here's the test I took about 15 minutes after my blood test this morning:

 

Edited at 1:30:

 

Yeah, still no call.  Still no fax.  This is doing wonders for my productivity, let me tell ya.

 

Also no bueno: betabase.info is down, so when we do get results, I don't have my handy dandy reference ranges.  I always feared this day would come.

 

But I did look up the SMO "Master Beta Break Down List," which tells me the following:

 

9dp5dtSINGLETON: 8.4, 21, 39, 40, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55, 57, 60, 60, 68.9, 73, 77, 90, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99, 99, 115, 118, 120.5, 122, 124, 128, 133, 133, 137, 137, 141, 146, 147, 150, 151, 153, 156, 160, 199, 203, 210, 262, 285, 302 (this was me last time), 308, 345, 348, 360, 477
TWINS: 79, 119, 120, 127, 141, 147, 149, 160, 173, 180, 185, 187.51, 194, 197, 199, 200, 224, 234, 242, 243, 245, 248, 254, 255.3, 260, 274, 275, 290, 300.8, 306, 309, 320, 323, 329, 334, 340, 347, 350, 354, 363, 374, 379, 419, 432, 448, 496.3, 753
TRIPS: 89.5, 110, 123, 254, 289, 345, 374, 514

 

I think our number will be HIGH, just no telling how high.  We shall see.  SOMEDAY.

 

Patience is a virtue, patience is a virtue...