Life: one swallow at a time

I have always been an impatient person, rushing here and there, jumping to conclusions and tapping my feet at red lights :-) God has somehow turned my life inside out and speed is the last thing I can do! Waiting, waiting, waiting....5hrs to see the dr....two days for the PIC line....three weeks without eating...I've learned that progress isn't always measured by what happens but by what doesn't.

Today started out hopeful: waiting for the drs to round so we could tell them Ruth still had no pain and get their approval to move forward...10 o'clock came, then 11, then 12, then 1...my frustration grew as the clock moved forward with no sign of the drs...then I remembered: the doctors weren't in control, God was--I realized it was easier to write about singing in a hospital room than to actually do it :-) especially when I was WAITING! But eventually the doctors did come and told us her labs were good and we could start offering her liquids...

Then the process started: a swallow every 15minutes..>I was determined not to rush it this time....then another swallow...then two swallows...inching forward with progress! I have a brand new appreciation for everything I put in my mouth, as I'm sure Ruth does too :-)

Then while sitting in the waiting room I met a young mother with a four year old son with pancreatitis! They have struggled with the disease for a year and always wanted to meet another family dealing with it. We are the first family they have seen at 3 hospitals in a years time to have this problem! I wonder, what does God have planned for us--to bring our paths together.....

Moving on...one swallow, one minute, one day at a time!