So my Mom and I had a little scare 2 weeks ago. Long
story short she has been sick with pneumonia 4 times since April. She was
treated, chest x-rays, Cat Scan of the Chest, and seen by a Pulmonary
Specialist. The Chest CT was abnormal and the specialist ordered a Bronchoscope
to check things out further. I was sworn to secrecy until we found out the
results to see what was happening.
I was worried sick. I have worked in the Medical Field for
18 years and I know how these things go. I have seen this scenario a fair share of
times and the outcomes are rarely positive. My Grandfather died of Lung Cancer
and that’s all I could think about, that and her history of smoking. She hasn’t
smoked in years since my teenage son was little, but that doesn’t take her
history away.
I took her for the test last week. She is prepped and waiting to go
in. I am sitting with her. I know she is happy I am there but I know she just
wished I was my Dad and that he was the one helping and taking care of her.
She said “Everything is going to be fine; your father wouldn’t
do this you”
I said “Um, yeah he would, he's probably trying to take YOU”
(jokingly of course)
We laughed.
She said (in a serious voice) “Your father wouldn’t do that
to you, he knows you can’t take much more nonetheless losing both of us”
I said “Ok, we will see”
I went to the waiting room. Talking to my Dad in my head…..thoughts
like, let her be ok, let her stay here with us….let her not have to fight
another battle of any kind right now….
I went out in the waiting room. Waiting is the worst, but to
my shock the doctor came back out within 30 minutes. He said “She’s fine, Lungs
are clean” You can go in, just tell them I said you could go in right now. Um,
OK.
It was over. She was ok.
I was relieved. My Mom was right, “My Dad wouldn’t do that to me” He may
not be here but he was with me that day and he is for sure still looking out
for his 2 best girls!!!
This was his favorite picture of us! He had it as his screensaver
on his phone for awhile.
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