So, we are back at MGH. I hate the smell. It enters my nose and I feel it in my stomach. I think if someone were to give me a smell test of this place v. another hospital I'd know it. Could probably tell them the floor.
I walked in and almost couldn't control my urge to run back out again. I can only imagine what it was like for Michael and Sara. And, of course, Ken. He is scared, and anxious. I think more so than before the first surgery, when he thought things might go wrong. Now he knows. Yet he has to come back to the place where it all happened. It is torture. A form of torture where they serve you food and drugs to make it feel less like torture
The surgery to give him back his skull (or a prosthetic imitation) is tomorrow at 10 or 11 am. I know I sent a blog out about it before. But here's a gentle reminder, SEND GOOD THOUGHTS! Prayers! Chants! Songs! Send love. I know that you all will. But I needed to say it.
My favorite punctuation mark is the semicolon. And it's an apt metaphor for recent years of my life: it's more than a comma pause, not quite a period stop; it usually appears in the middle of a sentence; no one quite knows how to use it properly; it's a sigh of contemplation; a knowing wink; an upward glance of reflection.
I'm going to chose to concentrate on this as being the "closing bookend" to the MGH, surgery, and the awful part. The finding out and subsequent surgeries, those were the opening bookend, now its time for the closing. After this is all the rest: the good stuff, getting better and better. That's what my heart believes. See you both soon.
ReplyDeletemuch love, Amy & Ed
Don't blame you for not wanting to be anywhere near the place. We'll be thinking of you constantly and awaiting news. Sending all our love and good vibes.
ReplyDelete♥ Joel
Good thoughts on the way all through the day; My Moms plastic and metal parts settled in very nicely after her brain surgery; If it gets too tense just let yourself think about the beauty of the semi-colon; and also about teaching people how to use it correctly;
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Tim
Good thoughts on the way all through the day; My Moms plastic and metal parts settled in very nicely after her brain surgery; If it gets too tense just let yourself think about the beauty of the semi-colon; and also about teaching people how to use it correctly;
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Tim
Dear Universe, Let's give this lovely family a huge freaking break. Let's have tomorrow be a non-event. Let it all go smoothly.
ReplyDeleteJamie, all good thoughts and love to you and our boy.
JC
Thinking of all of you, with many, many, many prayers and healing thoughts as Ken overcomes another hurdle. Hurry home, Ken.
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