Just a quick note to thank you all for your well wishes. At the moment my hubby has been in hospital for over two weeks and I don’t know how long it may be before he’s released. I visit him every day but I know the time is long for him. At present he’s only allowed two visitors (but not at the same time) as per hospital protocol. That applies to all patients, no doubt due to the coronavirus that continues to mutate.
I really do appreciate all the wishes for his recovery, but here’s the thing: he’s not going to “recover”. The best we can hope for is that he doesn’t get worse. I accepted that fact long ago. His issues are many and varied. All organs have been affected by the scourge known as diabetes. Such is life. He’s on dialysis three times a week, so, no, he won’t recover – not unless there is a miracle. And that’s okay, we will soldier on and do our very best to make life as good as it possibly can be.
I think of the people suffering all over this world, some in places that are war-torn, or that do not have the level of health care we enjoy here in Canada. We have to look for the blessings, always, and in this fact we are indeed blessed.
What’s great about my hubby is his unfailing sense of humour and ability to poke fun at himself. The nurses all love him. He likes to bake treats for his dialysis nurses when he is at home. Soon, I hope, he will be doing that once again. For now, we wait. We wait for the infection that put him in hospital to be dispelled. We wait for the cough that keeps him from a decent night’s rest to be diminished so he can at least sleep. We wait for his blood pressure to stop ricocheting from low to high and back again. and we live life day by day, much as we have for nearly a decade now. There are blessings in that, too. And perhaps a lesson as well, for none of us are guaranteed a tomorrow, something, I think, coronavirus underlined very well.
Wherever you happen to live on this beautiful planet, I hope you are well. I hope you recognize the blessings each day brings, not least of which is the gift of life itself. Wishing you all an abundance of blessings, always.
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