05-07-25 oy what a waiting game
I will originally at 4:14 and then in time to go get Mark but I haven’t checked my phone because for some reason it didn’t actually vibrate enough to wake me up or ring and I couldn’t give him comfort that I was on my way so he took a cab and I met him at the hospital. I was still there in time to have picked up and brought him, but I understand that I caused a bit of stress and I felt bad. We got him checked into the surgical ward and all the history taken in the tests given. What I was left with is knowing that it was a very complicated surgery coming up and that it would be at least five hours before I would get a call from the surgeon to tell me how it went and then another four hours in recovery before I will be able to talk to him.
I came back to Jake’s had a nap on the couch and then decided to get a bunch of work done to distract my brain. As it happened, it was seven hours later that the surgeon finally called apologizing that he had been called aside and this surgery had completed successfully an hour before. There had been complications, but all in all the results were good he would however, maybe take longer in recovery.
I was very relieved and Jake came home from work and took me out to the Keg on Granville island for Mother’s Day early We we have a delicious meal and a nice wander around before coming back to the apartment
As soon as we arrived, I called to the hospital to find out what room Mark was in only to discover that he was only just being moved from recovery. I asked the person who answered to please give him a message that I would be there to see him in the morning.
I am very grateful that things seem to have gone OK in spite of all of the issues. I tried to explain to Mark this morning that I may have seemed a little aloof or walled off, even snarky about things, but it was because I was protecting myself from finding out that he wasn’t going to make it. My gift is mostly challenging in these situations, especially when it kept coming to mind to remind him to make a will, etc. I was worried that those were signs that my psyche already knew he wasn’t going to make it, fortunately, that is not the case.
I hope to have a good long sleep tonight
triumphgal 