Sickness.
So the past few days have been pretty interesting.
I got a call from my mom on Monday night asking if I could bring her to the hospital. Now before you all freak out, shes doing ok, still feeling alitle ickey but she’ll be ok.
Apparently she has some really intense stomach bug or something. Anyway she got very dehydrated and started to get a really high fever. I didnt think it was that serious until my mom told me later that if she hadnt gone into the hospital, she might not still be here.
That was scary to hear. Right now shes still in the hospital but doing good. Shes scheduled to home tomorrow. In the mean time Ive been house/dogsitting for her.
Even though I know my mom is recovering well and everything, it was still pretty weird to walk into the hospital room and see her all hooked up to this big spider-web of IVs and medicines. Instead of her normal clothes I saw a bland hospital gown and in place of her normally bright mom-ish eyes I saw them look really exausted and ready to go home.
I guess through out my life Ive never had anybody very close to me get sick or injured. I mean we all get sick and scrape our knees but Ive never had any friend or family on the brink. I suppose seeing my mom there was just a little taste of what some familys must go though. That must suck. I cant imagine going into the hospital to visit somebody without knowing if they would ever leave.
What if we could see spiritual wounds as easily as we see those that are physical? We would all be hobbling around on crutches with our eyes bandaged up and arms outstreched in casts. What a sorry mess we would be