Thursday afternoon I received a text message from my wife letting me know I could come bust her out of the hospital. The doctors had pulled her drain, IV and were happy with her overall recovery, it was time to send her home.
Due to the COVID-19 situation, it was kinda of interesting and surreal at the same time to coordinate her pick-up. At the appointed time, I arrived at the hospital’s main entrance with a circular drive and then called to await further instruction. She answered right away and let me know to pull forward. We got her all loaded into the car and whisked her away, it was probably 3 minutes tops. The only thing that could of been more interesting would have been provided a drive-up speaker to place my order! “I’ll have a number 1 please, with extra packets of love”….
She arrived safely at home and has been nicely sequestered to keep her away from the nasty bugs. The main side effect other than being tired is a little soreness. Which is pretty amazing given she had major surgery on Tuesday. She even managed to drive a little yesterday. When I put up a little fuss about her doing that, her answer was as long as she was off her opioid pain killers, she was good to go.
Yesterday the surgeon called to let us know pathology came back with no signs of cancer cells in the portion they trimmed off, which is a major blessing! Out an abundance of caution, we are having Val’s regular oncologist set us up for an appointment with an oncologist specializing in gastric cancer. The goal being to get a second opinion regarding any follow-up treatment that may be prudent. Our prayer is that visit goes well and the recommendation is for no further treatment other than monitoring.
Overall this whole process has been interesting and I need to sit and ponder the life lessons gained from this latest health situation. That will probably need to take place over the span of some time as things calm down from our present world wide health situation. Right now with so much in flux it is hard to sit and ponder.
Both Val and I continue to live solidly in the present, enjoying the littler things in life and time spent with each other. We also have continued to grow in our faith that the Lord is not surprised and He has all things under His control. Believe me, I know that doesn’t mean life always smells like roses. There has been plenty of loss in our family for me to know otherwise. There is a resolve though, knowing that ultimately He is working to make us all more like His Son. That is definitely a process each one of us on our own journey can attest to and appreciate.
We will continue to keep you posted as this journey continues and please, please know how appreciative we are for all the love and prayers!
Marc & Valerie
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