Sunday, February 10, 2008

Houston, Texas

Mark and I spent the week of February 4 in Houston, Texas. I had been referred to a cardiovascular surgeon at the Texas Heart Institute, Dr. Joseph Coselli, and had an appointment to see him on Wednesday, February 6. We didn't get to sight-see very much, arriving in Houston Tuesday evening, seeing the doctor on Wednesday, having a nuclear stress test on Thursday and leaving Friday morning. We did see the Astrodome and Reliant Stadium/Park and drove all over Houston, trying to find restaurants that we had seen on the Food Network. We ate at two of them: Ninfa's (a Mexican restaurant) and Goode Company Barbeque. Both were very good!! We decided against Bubba's Texas Burger Shack after seeing it, although sometimes those are the best places to eat at!! Mark didn't think we should go in, though.

The Texas Medical Center was impressive, covering more than 740 acres and encompassing more than 100 permanent buildings. (It is in Texas, after all!!!) Some of the members are: Baylor College of Medicine, several hospitals, Rice University, and, of course, the Texas Heart Institute founded by Dr. Denton Cooley. The Heart Institute and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital have become the largest cardiovascular center in the world.

Reliant Stadium and Astrodome



The Astrodome


St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital (one of the buildings)

The Texas Children's Hospital (one of the buildings)

This is the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, part of the Texas Medical Center and across the street from the Texas Heart Institute.

I knew if I wore this shirt and posted this picture, I would get remarks from one or more of my daughters. Yes, I know that probably all of you wore this shirt while you were in high school!!!! BUT, it's comfortable and I wanted people to know where I came from!!!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great pictures!!! You must have a nice camera or something!!! I am glad that you posted! As for the T-shirt it looks okay since you are standing kinda far away!!! YOu know that grungy look is in right now!!!!

Love - Kori

Anonymous said...

It really looked grungy when I got sick while wearing it during the stress test on Thursday!!! (Bet you wanted to know that, didn't you?) Mom

Anonymous said...

haha...oh Mother....I guess whatever makes you happy...but really, is that the best Illinois representing shirt you have??? But nice pictures, the hospital looks amazing..love you!

Kendall

Nick and Kelly McCormick said...

Great pictures, Mom! You should have had a couple taken of you and Mark at the restaurants! As for the T-shirt, I guess you can guess what you'll be getting for a gift this year: an Illinois shirt that represents us well!

Anonymous said...

Hey, that's one way to get new clothes from your kids!!!

Anderson said...

Awesome pictures! Of course, it always helps to have beautiful blue skies in the background!!! Maybe I could convince Scott to raise cattle deep in the heart of Texas!! HA!!! It looks like the weather was gorgeous!
Thanks for posting!!
Kim

Anonymous said...

Keep up the good work.