THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 06, 2008 04:40 PM, EST

Today was a frustrating day. We got some information about Ally's upcoming scans. Of course they are scheduled throughout a day (taking up a whole day of work and being stuck at the hospital for the whole day) and all over the hospital that is full of germs Ally should NOT be exposed to. She has 3 days of appointments from the 17th to the 26th of November. Two of these days require her to be put under, which means no eating. The "early" one is at 12:15 and the other day is 1:15. That is many many many hours of us tricking Ally into not eating or crying because she is starving. We are frustrated and angry because these are the last steps, but it always seems like there is one more thing to deal with. I reached my breaking point today and the poor lady on the other side of the phone took the brunt of it, even though there is nothing she can do about it. Sorry Tess!

On the bright side, Obama won!