On Monday, Sarah and I drove up to the University of Washington Medical Center to take part in a research study being conducted using twins. It wasn't weird or demented like twin studies in the past (circa 1940s) and was actually kind of fun! We had been wearing a monitor on our wrist for a week and collecting saliva samples as part of the study. When we got to the hospital, we did a number of different tests, both physical and survey type questionnaires. The research study is on chronic pain (of which neither Sarah nor I have, so we must have been the awesome control group). It was a really fun couple of days with just Sarah and I, staying away from home - which means not having to get up in the middle of the night if Laurel can't find her binky - and eating pretty decent hospital food, room service style. The best part was when one of the nurses informed us that we could order whatever we wanted whenever we wanted....so we took advantage of the Haagen-Dazs ice cream they had. I liked that nurse. We talked and laughed the entire 36 hours we were together. For being a lab rat, it was actually a lot of fun!
While we were in Seattle, Matt stayed home with the girls. He said they did well, but I think he was pretty excited to be heading back to work yesterday morning. They were all healthy and happy when I arrived home and I found some pictures of a fairy dress up party they had!
2 comments:
That twin studies thing sounds fun! Kind of like a vacation, except with blood pressure cuffs instead of Hawaiian shirts.
I love the pics of the fairy festival (but where's the picture of Matt wearing the wings? This scrapbook page will not be complete without it!)
Aww, I want a twin so I can go order Haagen-Daz ice cream and play lab rat! Aren't you kind of disappointed that they didn't do any weird electrode experiments, though? I would be. :)
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