Today has gone quickly... up not so bright but early with nothing to eat because I wasn't sure if I was supposed to fast. Sleep was fitful. Prill came on the dot of 7 and we made our way to Sunnybrook through the city. To say I am deeply grateful for her love and care never quite covers it. And it was even too early for the valet parrking. Sunnybrook has a nice way of making you feel not so terrible about the $8 an hour fee..$23 a day max..they tell you how your parking dollars support this or that program or help treat this of that type of illness...Medical care really isn't free after all. But my, my, my, we are blessed in this beautiful country, in our fair city.
Everything went smoothly, the ECG, the blood draw, the cheery meeting with the anesthesiologist, the chest XRay. I didn't even have to go through hoops to get my insurance papers resigned because of the surgery date change. The doctor's office just said "Oh,jus go ahead and change it". Anything else would have entailed standing in line at medical records etc. And my newWasabi green LUG take-me-to-the-hospital bag (which by the way can double as a diaper bag complete with change pad--hopefully not for me!!). I got everything in there and could even pop in my Mac if I had too. Oh the small child-like thrill of the perfect accessory...
Coming home, I was wiped out. And this afternoon I slept for three hours. And tonight I still am...tired but grateful, thankful, amazed at the kindness, goodness, sweetness of the care and concern that comes at me from everywhere. It dulls the now old anxiety that trembles under the surface of my unsteady calm.
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