Prayers have been answered and little Chas will be going home later on today. A few nights ago, when it looked like maybe he would go home Tuesday, maybe Wednesday if just his stomach would settle and he wouldn't be so nauseous it was hard to decide what to do. On the one hand Chas just wants to be home, he heals so much better there. On the other hand, you don't want to leave the hospital prematurely when your child has just had brain surgery. In some respects, as Sariah and Dallin are not new at this, the doctors allowed for them to decide what they felt their son needed, he was not in any danger of going home as the important things were working the way they needed to be working in order to be discharged. It just felt like a long haul. We discussed it at length in my living room one night as to what they should do...go now or stay a one more day. Then...Sariah spoke with a stranger in the elevator. A dad who was casually talking about sandals and hospital footwear and whether the antibacterial hand lotion worked etc. In the casual elevator conversation he also mentioned they had been there in the hospital for ten months. Perspective. All of a sudden the dilemma no loner felt like a dilemma and worrying over a day or two didn't seem at all worth any energy whatsoever. We will just go with the flow and be grateful for the blessings of healing and health.
A Little Lesson:
Every trial and burden we endure could use a little stranger in the elevator conversation to put things into perspective. One of the reasons we are commanded to love our neighbours is because we will begin to learn about who they are and the burdens they carry and thus we will come to learn that the burdens we carry will not seem quite as heavy. It is just the way things are.
Its 2am and I am waiting for Rowan to eat before I go back to sleep. I thought "Hey I will check the blogs" read this, and realized my burdens are childsplay when comparatively. Not that they aren't hard at the time for me but that in reality they are just not as bad as I make them out to be. Perspective is God's little way of saying "It could always be worse, there's always someone out there that's dealing with something harder" Thanks for changing my perspective and realizing things really aren't that bad. :)
ReplyDelete10 months? Oh my gosh, Shelley, that totally puts things into perspective. It's sad to hear that little Chas is still battling with his condition - is it the same one from last year we were all praying for? Hope things look up soon.
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