Shane: So I'm on book number, like, 200 of signing and...
S: My hand is getting tired and I keep dropping the marker. So we’ve improvised.
S: And now I will never drop the marker again. Hannah: (laughs)
S: It's now a part of me.
S: Oh, I also missed the book and signed my leg. H: No you did not.
(Intro music)
S: Alright, it's 08:30... 09:30.
H: 09:30
S: We are on our way to the day of doctors.
S: Some of you commented saying that we should call it doctor-palooza.
H: Did people say that? S: Yeah.
S: More than one person said that. H: Wow.
H: Why is this not on you?
S: Anyway, I'm miserable.
H: He's a little bit upset.
S: But my book, which... I burped.
S: My book which came out this morning is number 588 on Amazon,
S: Which sounds terrible, but it's actually really good.
H: Right here or left here? S: Right.
H: Okay.
H: That's so good. S: Yeah. So that's exciting.
H: It was number two in teen and young adult biography. S: Yeah.
H: Pretty good. I don't know who number one was.
H: You should look. S: That man is riding a lawn mower on the street.
H: Yeah, he's waiting to turn. S: Turn the camera around. Turn the camera round.
S: There is a straight up lawn mower.
H: Is he going straight? I guess he's going straight. No one's going, I'll go.
(Upbeat music)
S: We're here.
H: There were no parking spots. We just circled around for a long time.
S: Yeah, we should put the ramp up before someone pulls in here, probably.
H: There's no room. There's like, 4 feet. S: Oh, really?
H: Barely enough room for your ramp. S: What if it's a really small car?
H: (laughs) A motorcycle could go in. S: (laughs)
S: What if a motorcycle comes?
S: Okay, let's go in. H: Heading in.
(Single beat of music)
S: We're here... filling out paperwork. H: Yup.
S: The questionnaire is like, "Do you use your bi-pap?" H: (laughs) Yeah.
H: "Do you use bi-pap?" No.
Both: (laughs)
S: They're gonna yell at me.
H: I'm glad that you're being honest though, that's good of you.
S: Yeah? H: Good job.
(Single beat of music)
Doctor: It's firing.
Doctor: Good. S: Uh.
Doctor: Alright, so out to the side...
Doctor: Are you able to pull in and come down? S: Uhh...
H: We're waiting for the next doctor. Having a snack.
S: I already did my muscle test.
S: And it improved! H: Yeah, you did.
H: Even your contractures improved and that doesn't make any sense. S: That doesn't make sense.
H: Well, muscle to push your arm out. S: That shouldn't be happening.
H: Yeah it should. If you have more muscle you can push your arm further, 'cause I can stretch it further.
H: So, good all around. No uh, no weakness.
S: No negatives yet. H: No negatives, yeah.
S: They asked if we have sex.
H: Yeah, they asked if everything was okay in our sex life, which is really nice.
S: It was cool that they asked that.
H: Shane has never been asked that before by a doctor. S: By a doctor, no.
S: They always assume that we don't. H: And it took him off guard because-
S: I was so caught off guard. H: He stuttered.
H: He was like "Oh, uh... yeah. Everything is good. We, y'know, we figured everything out. Um... We usually-"
H: And I was like "Shane can you please stop talking." S: (laughs)
H: It was so mortifying. S: I was about to narrate for a while.
H: Yeah, he- 'Cause the nurse just kept sitting there and he was like...
H: Afterwards I was like "Why did you keep talking?!"
H: And he was like "Well, she was looking at me. She wanted more."
H: And I was like "That's because you wouldn't finish the sentence."
H: But it's all been good. S: It's cool that they, like, thought about that.
H: Yeah, that was nice. S: Yeah.
(Upbeat music)
S: Please let the doctor walk in.
(Knock on the door)
(Frantic scrabbling noises, microphone is punched)
(Upbeat music)
S: Am I able to just put it behind my lips, not my teeth? 'Cause if I do my teeth I can't-
Doctor: Try that once, see what you think. I just want to make sure that you're not blocking anything.
Doctor: Just suck in super hard.
Doctor: Okay, take a break.
Doctor: Oh, that's better. Perfect.
Doctor: Okay, let's take that off. S: (sniffs)
Doctor: You can put your lips around, whatever works.
Doctor: Pull, pull, pull, pull
(Air sucking)
(Upbeat music)
S: Okay. I don't hate the doctor any more. H: (laughs)
H: Everyone's so nice. S: Seriously! Every person I've met so far has been lovely and helpful.
H: And not pushy.
S: And, like... um...
S: They recognize my autonomy. H: Yup.
S: They're not being like "You NEED to do this". H: They're all about that.
S: They're like "You can take vitamin D, if you want. If not, you make that choice. H: Yeah. Yup.
S: "Not up to us". H: Yup.
S: "But you should. But it's up to you. H: (laughs)
S: I just met with a physical health type person?
S: And uh...
S: She was like "We can give you a more customized wheelchair seat." H: Yup.
S: "But you don't have to".
H: Yeah. S: (laughs)
H: So helpful. S: It's been very helpful.
S: I love... I love doctors. H: (laughs)
(Single beat of music)
H: So we arrived here at 10 a.m. and it is now 2:30 p.m.
S: We've seen a lot- H: I'm doing okay.
H: I've eaten two cans of Pringles - small cans. An entire KitKat bar - king-sized.
S: I've had bites of all of these. H: Uh, 2 pieces of gum.
H: I think that's it. That's all I've had!
(Upbeat music)
S: (happy humming noises)
H: So, Shane just saw his pulmonologist who has told him that he doesn't need a bi-pap.
S: (smug laughter) H: And he is really excited about it.
H: I mean, I am too but I'm just teasing him S: No, you were like (growls).
H: No, I'm glad that you don't need one but I'm laughing at you.
H: Instead of his bi-pap he's supposed to use a... S: It's like a puffer.
H: Ambu bag, like what would happen if he was like, not breathing. Yeah, like-
S: It just blows air into your lungs. H: Yeah, to stretch his lungs out. 4 breaths a day.
H: So he got off real easy which is good. I'm pleased. It was so helpful.
S: But no, the pulmonologist was like, real happy with how I'm doing. H: Yeah.
S: So... H: Your lungs are healthy.
(Shane takes a deep breath)
H: He just said his lungs are perfect.
H: He just needs to stretch out his rib cage so he's gonna do the big breaths. S: Yeah.
S: You get to pump air into me. H: I know.
H: That's gonna be scary. I'm gonna be scared to do it the first time. S: Uh huh.
H: And now we're just getting our discharge papers. It's almost time to leave.
H: It's... 4:13 p.m.
S: We've been here for 6 hours. H: Yeah.
H: We're gonna go out to dinner as a surprise for ourselves.
H: We were gonna go to Fuddruckers, but then we remembered our favorite Mexican restaurant at the mall,
H: And we're going to go there instead. S: Yeah.
H: I need fajitas. Oh my god. S: Mmm.
S: I'm eating a burrito. H: Yeah.
S: We are all done after 6 and a half hours.
S: And we're gonna go find food now. H: Mm hmm.
S: It was good though. Overall it was a good day, yeah. H: It was great, yeah.
H: All helpful. Everyone was nice. S: Yeah.
S: Everyone's happy with my health too. H: Yeah. No bad news.
S: No one was like "Ohhhhh..." H: (laughs)
S: They're all like (happily) "Yeeeee". You know? H: (laughs)
(Upbeat music)
S: Time-lapses are only really awesome when you don't get off on the wrong floor.
H: Now we have to go back to the elevator.
H: Someone pressed the button and it stopped, and we just assumed that that was our floor.
S: We were so into our time-lapse. H: (laughs) They got on and saw that we had pressed 3. Awww.
H: Alright back to the elevator. Let's go this way, there's got to be one.
H: We made it. We're at dinner. We're eating the chips and salsa already. S: Mmm.
H: We just ordered. The waiter came over and it was our first meeting, he brought the chips and salsa.
H: And we said we were ready to order because we're really hungry.
H: While we were ordering, another waiter came over and asked if we made it to our appointment today.
S: He was like "I love you guys!" H: And said that he watches our videos. Yeah, so that was cool.
H: We're heading home from the mall now. Shane is obviously very fatigued from his long day.
S: I'm so tired. H: I know, me too.
H: Ready to be done. S: I'm full too.
H: So full. Little bit nauseous. S: Keep feeling little... toots and burps.
H: Yeah. I really wanted a dessert at the mall but I was too full.
S: Next time. H: Off we go.
(Outro music)