Thankful post #19: My dad was taken by ambulance to the hospital this afternoon, my heart always skips a beat at the thought of What if?...They dont know exactly what caused him so much pain but they got him well enough to come home with me and I am so thankful, hopefully test results will be back this week but all preliminary tests came back normal. There was a gentleman on the other side of the curtain in the ER with his family, apparently he was short of breath and was brought in with possible stroke symptoms. I was happy to hear him laughing and talking with family and was there when his daughter and her husband had arrived from Bellevue. While we were waiting for my dads prescriptions and release paperwork the gentleman was just being returned from his MRI and catscan, still I could hear him in high spirits and they were all talking about who was going to be coming for Christmas and who was making what...I thought to myself, what a nice family, I am so glad he seems okay. About 5 minutes later I heard the doctor come in and go to talk with him and his family, not listening to their conversations I was able to hear what was being said as I was sitting right on the other side of the curtain. The family you could tell was eager to hear results. The doctor said Do you smoke?, the man answered immediately No, never ever. Well the doctor said it took you longer getting the scans done because we saw something and wanted to get more pictures and I needed to discuss the results with our radiology specialist...I am very sorry to say this sir but you have lung cancer, you have numerous spots on your lungs as well as in your brain...total silence. I heard his daughter try to catch her breath and say are you sure, should we get a second opinion!?! The doctor said oh absolutely, I would advice that but I must tell you that there are so many tumors and I have been practicing for over 30 years I know what I see and I would never say it if I did not know for sure. I could hardly breath myself, I felt like I was involved in something very private that I was not supposed to hear, it was private and devastating. Over the next few minutes the doctor held up xrays and was pointing things out to the family and the talk went immediately to you need to be scheduled for radiation right away and I suggest Seattle be were you go for treatment and he gave the family names of hospitals he would take his own family to if in the same situation. I sat there thinking not even 15 minutes ago they were discussing Christmas dinner and now they are looking at where they were going to go for cancer care, the lives of all those on that side of the curtain will never be the same. The doctor left and I just sat silent with my dad, I wanted to just whisper to them I am so sorry and I will pray for you but I just did not want to interrupt. Today I am thankful that I brought my dad home from the hospital and all the test were normal, I am thankful there is medication to help him and he will heal and get better. Sometimes it is things like happened to me today that once again remind me to just love one another with all we have, cherish those we love both family and friends and make sure they know it, never let a day go by without telling them because none of us are promised tomorrow. God bless that family and the journey they are about to embark on.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 01:43:58 +0000
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