Hello From Chicago

My flight was cancelled on Wednesday night, so I flew in yesterday morning and met Clay's dad at the airport. Riding in taxi cabs is smelly and awkward, and also something to check off the "never have I ever" list.
His appointment went well. Thank you to those of you praying during it. We were there for a couple hours. Dr. Freitag is very nice, very smart, and will be seeing Clay everyday that we are here. We checked him into St. Joseph's hospital last night around 0630. The floor he is on is a dedicated floor for the Diamond Headache Clinic. So every other patient up there is a headache patient. I kept wanting to ask other patients if their head was hurting RIGHT NOW to see if anyone else up there was like Clay. I didn't because I figured that would be awkward and wouldn't really be helpful anyway.
The first order of business was to draw labs, have vital signs taken, and start an IV. After the nurse missed twice, it took all I had in me not to offer to start one myself. Not my place. :) Clay will be receiving IV meds to try and reduce the severity of his migraine now. Today there are all sorts of educational classes we are going to go to with him. He's going to see a GI specialist, and a specialist to do something for his neck pain. In a few days he'll start a medication that will be administered through a skin patch. It is absorbed better through the body in this form as opposed to taking it in pill form. Please pray that his skin will not be too sensitive for this drug. He has sensitive skin and as soon as the doctor said "you shouldn't have a problem unless you have super sensitive skin" I thought...poop. But maybe it will be ok.
Alright, that is all I know for now. I need to go fix my hair with my new super-style hair straightener; Merry Christmas Sarah. I think we are planning to rent a car...yipee...cause last night I truly almost vomited in one of the cabs because it smelled so bad. Lord have mercy!

sarah