Hurry Up and Wait

We are in hurry up and wait mode.

Hurry up and tidy the house for a showing because the people will be here SOON and then wait around somewhere doing something until we can go back home.

Hurry up and get to the hospital early Monday morning to have all the critical heart tests done before chemotherapy starts and then a long anxious wait until the next morning (Tuesday) to go to the hospital to actually do the first round of chemotherapy and see what that is like.

But here it is Tuesday morning when the long wait should be over and we are still in hurry up and wait mode. Mom and Dad were scheduled to go to the hospital this morning at 8:30 am so that Mom could be admitted to the hospital for this first round of chemo. But, the hospital called around 7:30 to let them know that all the hospital beds were FULL and that they would call them back and let them know when they had a bed open. Mom and I spent the morning trying to get some errands done and pass the time. The hospital called back at around 10:00 am with the news that Mom and Dad could come to admitting at 11:30 and begin the process of being admitted and doing this chemo thing.

So, the dogs and I are now here at home waiting to pick up Elias from preschool. The four of us will then try to be productive until it is time to get Maya from school. I wish I could be there at the hospital with Mom and Dad, but probably it is best for me to be here with the kids and the dogs holding down the home front.

I think the lesson of "Hurry up and Wait" is adaptability. This whole journey we are on is one that will go easier on us if we are able to adapt and not expend too much energy being upset when we have to hurry up or when we have to wait. We need to use our energy for the journey, whatever that happens to be at any given moment.

I will write late after we have our first look at chemo.

Love, Emily