I checked into Lubbock Radiology at 7:30 this morning, and by 7:45 they had me on the MRI table. After the first half hour or so, the tech actually found a vein in my left arm (right arm had several holes already, but he wanted to go “the road less traveled”) and got an iv set up for the rest of the morning. He then ran me through the machine with some kind of dye running through my body.
After that, he gave me two large cups of some terrible tasting gastro-something, told me to get my things, go out and walk around the lobby and drink that vile stuff. Well, the college football preview issue of SI was in the lobby, so I had something of interest. Get this — they did a huge special section / report on spread offenses, and there was Mike Leach explaining how the Texas Tech spread offense works. Really cool.
About 9:45 they called me in for the CT scan and gave me one of those stylish hospital gowns. Then as I sat on the machine table, they gave me another small dose of that gastro-cyclin something or other. I complained, and the nurse apologized, saying she was not a very good cook.
Well this machine was not nearly as confining, and it talks to you. It tells you when to breathe. Luckily, I passed all the breath-holding tests, and I was out of there by about 10:30. Now, we just have to wait for results. But I do have some more information about the folks in Houston.