Hospital Getaway

Here I am... "working" from home today. Can you blame me? I'm so good and the dev team is so slow, that I have not much work to do today. It's okay by me, really. I've been pulling 16 hour shifts for the past four days and I'm a bit tired. Maybe I can call up client 9 or 10 to get me a nice massage.

My mom's surgery took place on Monday morning... we were at the hospital by 5:30am and we didn't leave that first day until 7pm. For most of the day, there was a lot of waiting around and chats with doctors and nurses... not to mention the occasional paperwork. One thing that was good was the fact that the entire medical staff was very professional and happy to assist and I mean *happy* to assist. Always smiling and always in a happy and delightful tone of voice... definitely much different from past hospitals I've visited.

Not only am I physically tired, I feel mentally tired. I have been my father's father for the past week. Whenever the doctor needed to communicate with the family, my father would rush to grab me from whichever corner of the hospital or house I was at. I can't begin to go into detail of all the things I've taken responsibility of this past week. I guess other than the fact that I'm so tired... it's all okay... at least this way I know exactly what is going on.

Even, Angel, my car, is tired... so tired that the engine light came on again after the long runs on the Verrazzano Bridge. I guess it's really time to get another car.

In any case... I figured I should write a little to help the time pass. In another hour, I'd be on the road again putting the pedal to the metal across the bridge. I'm glad that I have a very close knit family and relatives. Everyone wanted to help out in one way or another.

I've eaten so much congee and macaroni with soup these past four days, that I myself feel like a patient. I've actually lost some weight and was called "pale" yesterday by my aunt. I don't care, at least I was checked out by two guys at the hospital. Too bad they weren't doctors. One was a janitor and his friend was some visitor I guess. Sleeping on the couch at my parent's house is also no fun at all. I think I'm going to go back to the studio tonight since I'll be skipping out on the hospital and going into the office tomorrow instead. I dunno... maybe I should "work" from home another day... hmmm...

Well... I'm just glad that the surgery, as the doctor had put it, "a great success". He said he was very pleased with the surgery and that my mom would have a 85-90% full recovery rate. That's great news... now, on to her knees and neck... uhmm... I guess we will just deal with her current situation now and think about other stuff later. She even started rehab at the hospital today. Apparently they also run a lot of workshops for the patients too. They have a painting workshop, bingo night, movie night, board game night, and etc. It's like going on vacation. My mom's roommate, Ann Alvarez was definitely bossing the staff around as if she was on vacation. "I was promised my own room with a window! Who's my nurse!? I am loud at night. I talk loud. I have my tv on loud. And I will disturb everybody. I want my own room! Oh, this coffee is so good!" LOL...

In any case... Thank God that my mom is recovering very well. Thank God.