The morning of December 24 we headed to Roanoke for our 10:00 a.m. appointment. I had a packet of papers that I had to fill out and they included directions to the office where the sonogram would take place. I didn't really read the paperwork, just saw that the entrance was to the left of the main entrance of the hospital. In Roanoke, there are 2 hospitals...Lewis Gale and Roanoke Memorial. My doctor is associated with Carilion so I knew the sonogram wasn't happening at Lewis Gale because it is not managed by Carilion. So, we went to Roanoke Memorial.
The weather was nasty that morning...it was raining hard. We parked in the parking garage, walked in the lobby, received a pager (like we were at a restaurant), and when it vibrated we went into the registration area. The lady asked what we were there for and then told me that I was supposed to be on Elm Avenue. Roanoke used to have another hospital, Community Hospital, and I didn't realize they still did some things (like sonograms) at the old hospital. We took off to the car, I was frantically calling the office telling them we were on our way. When we got to Community Hospital, Kip dropped me off at what I thought was the front of the building. I ran into the Community Care office and (of course) we were on the wrong side of the hospital. I ran through the parking lot to get Kip and we went to the other side.
At this point I was in a panic...the paper work said if you were later than 15 minutes they would reschedule (see, I did read part of it) and there was no way I was letting my lack of planning keep us from finding out the gender of our baby on Christmas Eve! Kip dropped me off at the main entrance and I went in the wrong door yet again. The nice man in the lobby pointed me to the correct door and I made it just in time! What an adventure!
After a short wait the ultrasound technician came and got us and it was time to see our baby.
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