9 Days Later

This year has caused my perception of time to become distorted. Unfortunately the days and months have disappeared along with the summer. The past 9 days have reversed the trend. Circumstances have caused time to stand still and a chance to catch our breath before we start off again.

Nine days ago it was Dana's birthday and I hoped that she was feeling better. But alas, her condition was getting worst. Paul and I talked her into going to the doctor the next day. I stayed the night to watch over her, meditating while she slept. She was shivering and it was probably due to her blood loss. The next morning she looked white as a ghost and I was very scared. I love her dearly and she asked me if I would take care of her cats if she died. I told her of course but there was no way we were going to let her die. It took both Paul and I to get her down to the car without her falling down. Then after a relatively short car ride we were at the emergency room.

Dana had lost too much blood from a miscarriage and needed surgery to stop the bleeding. The ER nurse told us that she would have died within a day if she had not been brought in. We also learned she lost nearly half of her blood and ended up getting transfused with 2 liters of O neg blood and 2 liters of type specific blood (A pos). They took her up to own room and I came back a little while later to see her. It is amazing how important blood is and how beautiful the color returning to her face was. I was very happy to see her be able to enjoy the dinner the nurse ordered. After a overnight stay, she was ready to get out of hospital.. No picnic being a human pincushion. I credit her strength and force of will to able to make through the whole ordeal. I could see the joy on her face as she was able to walk with full strength after being carried into the ER the previous day.

All of us are very happy to have her back in the land of the living and finding a new perspective from a near death experience. Breaking old cycles can be difficult but well worth the fight.

I lost another dear friend earlier this year to a senseless car accident. It would be devastating to have lost another amazing soul and I can only say that it was fate that allowed Paul and I to come to her rescue. The past 9 days have passed very slowly and deliberately for me. But it was some of the most cherished days I can remember in recent memory.

The past is history, the future yet to be and the present just that, a gift wrapped for us to enjoy.