Monday, December 04, 2006

GOOD NEWS


Léon had an ultrasound scan of his kidneys and bladder today at Yorkhill Hospital to check whether or not the kidney infection last month had caused any damage. They had this cool, but not very well thought-through idea to keep the kids still and happy while being scanned. Firstly they laid him down on his back to scan his bladder. They turned on a projector which projected cartoon images onto the ceiling. He was impressed. He watched and pointed. Then they turned him onto his front to scan his kidneys - of course he then couldn't see the ceiling but knew he was missing something. It took three of us to hold him down while he screamed and twisted to see the cartoon cows on the ceiling. Hmmmm. The consultant informed me she saw no cause for concern.

2 comments:

Thomas Widmann said...

She saw no cause for concern?!? But their system is badly designed – they urgently need to add a second cartoon projector!

Phyl said...

Absolutely - the NHS is definitely not spending its resources on the right things.