On Friday I had another appointment in Salt Lake. Chris came with me and sat at the hospital wth me for 3 hours. First I saw the Nurse Practitioner again that I saw last time. She was really excited that I gained about 4 pounds since last time I saw her. I'm finally almost back up to my normal weight. She said she could tell that I feel better than I did, and that I have more color in my face. She said she wishes she could take the credit for me feeling better, but that that's probably not it. She said that prednisone must not be my friend like it is for other people, which kind of made me laugh. She told me for now to keep doing what I'm doing. She said to just keep in touch with her and let her know how I'm doing periodically. If I start to have problems, there are always other things that we haven't tried. I have another appointment in 3 months.
After that I had the breath test for bacterial overgrowth. She still wanted me to do it. I just had to drink some not-so-good-tasting-stuff and blow into a bag every 15 minues for about an hour and a half. They said that everything was normal, so that's good. There was another lab test I was also planning on doing there, but she said since I'm feeling better, we can hold off on it for now.
Once we were all done at the hospital, we wanted to have some fun. We went to the Hogle Zoo. I haven't been there since I was about 12. The weather was perfect and it was really fun. I couldn't believe how many people were there though. My favorite part was the giraffes.