I get it

"Pull over and stop the car and call me!"

This was the message given to me that Saturday as I was barreling down I-35 in Austin traffic.  I asked my traveling friend to answer my phone and take a message for me.  Austin has a no-hand held policy for phones AND I was frantically trying to find Hubby's car miles ahead of me (note to self: when in Austin, DO NOT follow someone...get the directions on MY own GPS; there is no keeping up with someone in Austin especially on I-35).

I get it...I finally get it....I CANNOT go out of town ever unless I want these types of calls.  My friend pulled my earbuds out of my purse and redialed the number for me.

Mom fell flat on her face in the driveway that Friday night after having a "wonderful" dinner.  Poor stepdad couldn't pick her up so he called EMS and they took her to the hospital.  Unfortunately her primary care giver said this was out of her expertise and Mom needed an Ears, Nose, Throat specialist and none were on-call (Drs and Stepdad are thanking ObamaCare).  The closest ENT Dr was in San Antonio and they were discussing AIRLIFTING her to San Antonio.  Okay, does anyone else think this is a problem???  I don't even want to think of the expense much less the emotional trauma my Mom would endure.  Stepdad recommends an ENT an hour away ( a Dr. he saw years ago). That Dr. said come in on Monday; by what the hospital was saying, it was not an immediate thing.  She is released.

Stepdad calls and said their nurse maid was over and was helping Mom shower and getting the blood out of her hair.  Also she still has blood coming out of her ears.

WHAT????  That's a sign of concussion!  They let her go?  What does the nursemaid say?

I'll ask after she gets out of the shower.

I'm still on the road traveling home.  I get a text from the nursemaid.  She says Mom is better and she finally got the bleeding ON her ear to stop.  I decide I'm going to that ENT appointment.  Bleeding IN the ear and bleeding ON the ear are two different things.

By the time I get home on Saturday, she is asleep and I pray she wakes up on Sunday!  Sunday I attend early service and put her on the prayer list and then travel down to see her.  I'm imagining the worst....

Smiling...no pain at this point...thank you hospital meds!

Stepdad goes for breakfast meals for the both of them.  I wonder if she'll be able to eat it without any pain. Sure enough...STILL no pain (you've gotta love the hospital painkillers!!!)

I can't believe I ate the whole thing with a possible broken jaw!

 
Monday morning before Mom's appointment I called a certain commitment I made and begged out of it.  I cannot be a camp chaplain and do my job effectively while waiting for the call and more than likely have to leave.  I'm sorry.  I do not like breaking a commitment, but I get it!  Something happens when I leave.  I get it, universe!!!