A visit to the Xray technician

So what exactly happened last Wednesday you ask? Let’s check the director’s script…Scene 2, Act 2, Take 1- ACTION!

Nurse: I am going to play with the magical Superman X-ray wand for 15 minutes to build the suspense.
Dave: Wow, these measurements and health assessments make me feel much better.
Ashley:(smiles at the camera)
Dave: (winks at the camera, then kisses wife)
Dave: (to nurse) can you tell the sex?
Ashley: (eyebrows lift with anticipation just like a kid about to open the first Xmas gift of the season)
Nurse: I was waiting for you to ask, let’s take a look.
Dave: (Grrrrrrrrr!)
Nurse: (Motions to cameraman to switch angle to “bottom of the toilet looking up” view)
Nurse: If we perform a topography assessment on the pelvic region, you can determine the sex.
Dave: OK, so if we see a tree with a couple shrubs on each side we have a boy?
Nurse: Correct, and I am pleased to inform you that you are now staring…(pause, wait for audience sigh)
Nurse: At…the…Great Plains. You are having a girl!
Dave: Yay! Fantastic!
Ashley: Are you sure?
Nurse: I have been doing this for 24 years and I know what a tree looks like.
Ashley: Are you sure? I work in a baby store and I want to get this right.
Nurse: (sarcastically) hmmm, let me look closer...(pause wait for audience laughter) Yep, it’s a girl!
Ashley: (Finally realizing that she just questioned the Superman wand) Wow! I was sure it was a boy
Ashley: (Realizing that her dreams of a daughter named Leighton have finally come true) Yay!
Dave: Thank you…This was wonderful
Nurse: Here is the bill ($17), don’t forget to tip your waiter.
Ashley: (to Dave) I love you honey
Dave: (to Ashley) I love you dear
Cameraman-(pan out, dim lights, key credits)

All praise aside to those of you with the foresight to peg the “girl” prediction, I do want to acknowledge the kindness and cheer that has filled the air in the Golia/Camp/Kennedy network of family and friends. Thank you all for the good wishes.