Medical Update on the Godfather: Part III

Here's the latest on uncle Andy as of tonight (as continued from here):

1. Yesterday at 11:30am we met with the impressive Dr Elizabeth on the 17th floor of the Mayo Clinic building.
2. Dr. Elizabeth came in and said that it was a lymphoma. She said that was an encouraging thing because it should be treatable.
   
3. We asked Dr. Elizabeth numerous questions (none pertaining to the location of his pancreas, having solved that mystery already).
   
4. Dr. Elizabeth then told uncle Andy he would next go to a hematologist on the 10th floor. Unfortunately the earliest she could get him scheduled was two weeks away. We knew that the Mayo would not make the godfather of Sammy wait that long. She suggested we go to lunch and present uncle Andy at the hematology front desk so he could be seen sooner.
   
5. Dr. E wished uncle Andy the best. Michele, aunt Diane, and uncle Andy hugged Dr. Elizbeth. -- Paul, being leery of hugging anyone besides his wife, sisters, and mother simply shook her hand. We later noticed our clothing had faded somewhat from being in the presence of the brilliant Dr. Elizbeth.
   
6. We adjourned to Jimmy John's sandwich shop across from Mayo's Methodist Hospital (where Sammy was born). The young lady at the order desk asked if it was our first time in the restaurant. We mistakenly said yes and the entire staff of about 10 people started whooping and cheering.
   
7. While eating our tasty sandwiches, uncle Andy read portions of a Dave Barry piece on the wall.
8. We headed back to the 1oth floor of the Mayo Clinic building. While aunt Diane and Michele worked on getting uncle Andy in, Paul somehow found a terminal and was shopping online for the same chairs the Mayo had in the waiting room. No one seemed to notice him turning the chairs upside-down to read the manufacturer's label.
   
9. Unfortunately we could not get uncle Andy in yesterday at hematology (no cancellations), so we returned home.
10. The next morning (today), after uncle Andy had breakfast with Sammy, Michele took them and aunt Diane back to the 10th floor of the Mayo Clinic building.
    
11. After some waiting, the front desk said they had an opening tomorrow morning.
    

Sometimes it is a very good thing...
...to work for a premier medical facility...
...where you don't have to hug the doctor if you don't want to...
...even if they are a damn fine physician...