I called back the radiologist two hours later and they confirmed the films had been sent to Dr. Lindsey as I requested. Friday, the films haven't arrived at Dr. Lindsey's office. I call the radiology office and find out the films had been sent back to the Austin doctor. The women I talk to says she is the regular film clerk for the office and will make sure that Dr. Lindsey has the films for Saturday morning because I am scheduled for surgery, if needed, on Monday. I tell her to call back with the FedEx tracking number this time which she does right away saying she sent the package priority for delivery the next day.
Next day arrives and no package again.
To do this he has to go out to Inter-Continental airport in Houston and dig through this large container. Joel calls back a few hours later says that he amazingly found the package and even takes it over to Methodist Hospital himself on his own time because FedEx is closed. The displacement looks to be closer to 2mm and typically they won't consider surgery until 6-7mm. Until that moment I had been fully lead to believe I would require surgery. Barbara and I go off to Houston the next day and Dr. Lindsey has now seen the films and surgery is not called for.