OHSU is a huge complex of buildings perched on the top of a hill. We knew how to take a tram to the hospital, but we were told we should drive directly to the hospital tomorrow. All we had to do was follow the blue and white "Hospital" signs on Terwilliger Rd. Guess what...we did not see any of those signs. I turned on my Map App and we were able to wend our up the very narrow, very wiggly road to the top of the hill where the hospitals are located. We found the correct parking lot and I was almost ready to turn back, thinking we had found the spot when I remembered some other confusing names.
We have been told to go to four different places for the surgery: Sam Jackson Hall, the Multnomah Pavilion, the MPV and the "Surgery Short Stay 4N." In addition we were told to check in on the 4th floor AND the 9th floor. Given all the different names and directions we knew we needed to put feet on the ground. It was a lot harder than we thought. I'm glad we did the scouting mission today instead of tomorrow at 6 AM as we would have been flying blind.
We discovered that Multnomah Pavilion and MPV are the same place...but all the signs say Multnomah Pavilion. Sam Jackson Hall is an "area" in the MPV (which is a local abbreviation as I'm sure writing Multnomah several times a day would get really old!) There is no sign saying Surgery Short Stay--but there is a door leading to a check-in type desk that says "waiting room." When we went there asking for the Surgery Short Stay area, we were told we were in the right place. When I asked for the sign that told me we were in the right place, I was told it does not exist anymore! When I asked about the blue and white hospital signs I was told that the city does not maintain the signs and they are probably overgrown by all the trees!
Welcome to Oregon stranger? While everyone is nicer than nice and very willing to give directions...the directions are more or less worthless!
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