HERE WE GO AGAIN

On Monday I woke up excited because I had a fun day planned. I was going to spend the day looking for new furniture. What a pleasure that would have been! Shame it never happened.

The phone rang during my breakfast. It was the FED who once again was unwell. My immediate feeling was that she was more than unwell as she was slurring her speech. I asked her to get on Facetime so I could check her out and my heart started racing as I could see a definite facial palsy.  No God no!

I kept her calm while the ambulance raced to her help. It felt surreal. I had my daughter on Ipad,  the ambulance on landline and my husband on mobile. Thank God for technology.

I felt like I was watching a movie with my daughter in the lead role. I however could interact with this movie as the young ambulance driver asked me what had happened and I did my best from 460 km away.

The earth started to open up and swallow me as the Ipad was switched off and I lost contact with the real live movie.  I was stunned and unable to comprehend why this was happening again.

The husband and I worked out it was quicker to drive and that we would be there before the next plane left our town. It was a silent trip as we took turns driving with our thoughts. WHY WAS THIS HAPPENING AGAIN?

My sister who was on the case, met the ambulance at the hospital and sat with the FED in the ensuing tests. She gave up work for the day and updated us as we drove. I don't know what I would do without my sister. She is a constant source of support, a good soul in a sometimes not so great world.

Questions abounded.  Was it a stroke? It looked like a stroke but it wasn't. Was it the same as last year? If so why? WHY WAS THIS HAPPENING AGAIN?

Finally we found out that her brain was once again being challenged by the blockages in it. The doctors conferred with each other and decided more surgery was needed.

So with one swipe of the hand our lives crumble again. University will once again go on hold, bosses will be once again asked to empathize and our friends and family will sit and bombard heaven with prayers.
Please join them.

Till next time xxx