On Tuesday a friend of mine came to visit. It was so cool to hang out and catch up. There's a lot of free time here so I really appreciated that. On my way back from walking her to the parking garage I noticed the woman in the room next to mine sitting up in bed. I didn't think anything of it. You walk past rooms and see people all day. Nothing new. That night she coded and in the morning her family was here. She didn't make it. I found out later she had been doing well and was actually supposed to be going home. I didn't even know her and yet I still felt a bit sad because it was just so fast. My thoughts go out to her family wherever they are. This is a horrible disease.
The next day my husband and daughter came to visit. That visit is what I look forward to all week. I miss them so much and to see them come through the door reminds me of what this is all for. It's so funny, word around here spreads fast and our daughter has such a personality she's like a little celebrity around here haha. A couple hours after they arrived one of the PCA's I had on the 10th floor came in my room and wanted to know why we hadn't come up to visit yet haha. Everyone here is so great. This day was really cool though because Drew (another of the PCA's on 10) does photography too and had set up a station for the family's to come and have pictures taken. So the three of us got to go up and play around a bit while having that photographed. I can't wait to see the pics. That really meant a lot to me to have that done and it will be nice to look back on. We got through this as a family with smiles on our faces. Really cool too is that the 8th and 10th floor put together a team for the Columbus Light the Night Walk and one of our pics is gonna be on the banner they walk with! Isn't that neat?
So really not much else going on here. Yesterday and today I'm just watching a bunch of netflix LOL. This round has been complication free so that's nice and I am going home to live in bubble until my counts come back up so I don't have to be back. My next date is set for Aug 30th. I have signed up for classes this semester so that is exciting for me. Just to get back into the swing of things. And in the Spring I will be starting the nursing sequence!! I don't know why this all happened or even if there is a grand why. I'm not really one to buy into all that master plan stuff or even karma really. In the beginning that's all I wanted to know was how this could happen. There is no answer. They don't know why yet. But I do know that for all the crap it's thrown our family, it hasn't been for not. It has made us stronger, really shown us what we can go through, and I feel like a better person for all of it. I'm definitely not afraid of needles anymore ; )
Until next time... =)
Heather
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