The hallway to the Hospital for Advanced Medicine appears deceptively empty, but then I think I snapped this photo one morning very early as I wound my way through the massive complex that is Geisinger Medical Center, a place where miracles happen really do happen.
A week ago today, we packed up our car to drive East through Pennsylvania mountains and along fields of Pennsylvania green. One week ago tomorrow, we checked into Geisinger at 5:00 am, so that my husband could have his heart repaired. Now it is over, we are home, Jim's heart is healing, and we feel richly blessed.
Our emotions fill a deep well of:
♥ Gratitude to our family and our Pastor and his wife who sat beside us in the waiting rooms and in the hospital, encouraging and strengthening us.
♥ Admiration of our Doctor, the ex fighter pilot, whose medical knowledge, expertise, tenacity, endurance, and healthy ego saved my husband's heart and the hearts of so many others in adjacent rooms.
♥A fuller definition of the word heroic, after witnessing Jim's nurses, ultimate professionals who scanned the monitors, adjusted tubes, took vitals, administered medicines, and charted every incremental step. They constantly educated and encouraged us.
♥ Appreciation of our good fortune to live at such close proximity to an amazing medical teaching and research institution. Jim resided in a unit described as "acuity adaptable" with state-of-the-art technology. A supply robot navigated our floor, as well as, the entire hospital (I smiled every single time I saw this little R2D2) and his room was equipped with the ability to have instant camera communication with remote medical personnel. The future is here and now.
♥A compelling reminder of unearned grace and the power of unceasing prayer....there is no other explanation for the ease and speed of Jim's recovery. I keep searching for a word other than gratitude but there is none; we are utterly and completely grateful.
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