Hero
Posted in Family, life, love on September 10th, 2008
An acquaintance asked me today what i’ve been up to for the past few weeks because he hadn’t heard from me…..my answer is as follows
So the past 5wks I’ve:
- put 3500 miles on my car
- spent $1,200+ on gas, food, and parking
- Used 78hrs of annual leave
- Gotten on average 5hrs of sleep per night
- sat by my sisters bed/ICU room everyday for at minimum 15hrs everyday until she was awake and moved into intermediate care
He askes “Was it worth it?”
I paused, and instead of going off on him and telling him that he’s a insensitive d-bag and doesn’t know what it means to sacrifice for someone that you love. I tell him “seeing my sister five days after major brain surgery open up her eyes, tell me she loves me and that I was her hero was probably one of the greatest, and most significant moment in my life. With tears in my eyes i told her no, and that she was mine.”
“Here was a person that wasn’t suppose to leave the ICU wing for at least a month, and here we are one month later and she and I are laughing and playing around as i’m wheeling her down the hall way pretending like i’m going to run people in front of us over”
He says “Ohh….sorry, i guess I was being kind of a dick huh?”
Me “Little bit yeah, just a little bit”
So After 6wks i’m happy to report that my sister is doing very well in rehab and beating all of the doctors expectations. Nothing short of a miracle and a tremendous testimony she will have once she’s out and back home. I just want to thank all of the people i’m close to, friends, family, co-workers, and bloggers for their support, prayers, and words of encouragement.
And now that i’m starting to get back to neutral and not spending so much time in the hospital with my sis, i’ll be able to get back to the blog and begin posting on a regular basis. Lots of stuff to cover over the past month or so lets get to it, shall we?
