Rambles from the Waiting Room
(Thursday, May 9) I am sitting in the cafeteria at St Joe's hospital, with earbuds, a piece of paper and a brand new pencil. Ken is in OR prep. There is a tv screen with each patient's number and it tells where they are in the process. Ken is number 4011. It's so incredibly brilliant. This would have been such a blessing when Micah had his surgeries. It would have taken some of the anxiety out of the process. I am thankful that this is available now. It's not a big deal in our situation today. But with longer more serious surgeries, it would be wonderful. Number 4727 has been in the OR for almost 4 hours. There is part of me that wants to go find that family and ask if they need something. Food. Drink. Hug. Encouragement. An ear. Anything. I know the 4rth, 5th, 6th and 7th hour of surgery very well. It's such a hard place to be. Ken sat in a bed in pre-op for 3 hours. They were running quite behind. They should have let him keep his clothes so that we co