We are Home!

It’s official!  We are home!  Yes, that’s right, all three of us are here and going to be sleeping under the same roof again.  Hallelujah!  What an insanely long and trying week!  We are so lucky.

Okay, more like blessed.  Barbara’s first roommate was three and had an appendectomy; another on the floor was five.  Holy cow!  So young.  Then there is the second roommate.  Seventeen, been in the hospital (with a two day hiatus because she was released too soon after her first surgery) since March 28^th.  They finally found out today why she still couldn’t eat and she’s going to need another surgery.  Human error had occurred during the first surgery.

Then this morning, Merida from Disney on Ice Rockin’ Ever After was at the hospital to visit the kids.  Suddenly, our week long ordeal didn’t seem like much at all.  Barbara was one of the healthier patients there, even considering that it was her discharge day.  Appendicitis is a big deal and can be deadly if not treated in time, but treated in time; it is a routine surgery, even when there are complications.  As I looked at the many kids in the lobby, touched by the lady giving up her chair for my healthy eight year old daughter that had just had an appendectomy, I realized that despite her surgery Barbara Ann is a very healthy little girl.

An Angel struck before we made it back up the elevator to Barbara’s room to finish the discharge process.  I had promised Barbara Ann a visit to the gift shop, and was determined to get her a little something.  She found an animal (stuffed of course) that she fell in love with.  When she found another that tugged at her heart I said okay since between the two was what I had expected to pay for one.  Just before checkout, I put our items on the counter and then went to look at this absolutely adorable purse.  Yep, my weakness, purses and handbags, go figure.  I turned away from the purse at the advice of BA (she said it had too much bling for me) and I was informed that our items had already been paid for, was given the ladies name and informed there was no way for me to find her and thank her.  She wanted to do something nice for a child in the hospital.  It was an Angel that bought Barbara her little animals.

Then another dose of reality hit when I saw a lady from the business office at Schreiner University as I was loading up BA and our accumulated things, actually she saw me.  I shared our tale, and then asked why she was there.  I had forgotten that I had prayed for her and her husband earlier in the week, he’d had back surgery.  Suddenly my aches and pains from sleeping in the fold away bed seemed much more manageable.

So, we are home, and I am grateful for the good health we enjoy.  Yes, Barbara had a life threatening condition, had it gone much longer, her prognosis as I understand it would have dropped dramatically, but she’s healthy and is recovering quickly.  My back and neck are sore, but nothing a hot bath and a couple of nights on a comfortable bed won’t take care of.  Georgia (the same age as the second roommate) although having gone through a time when her health was poor, is a very healthy young lady.  We are blessed, every day, and I wanted to make sure that I expressed my humble gratitude.

           

Humbly and undeservingly yours, I bid you ado.

Laura B