Patience and patients

A litany of days full of "hurry up and wait"-ing.

Hospital patients and their loved ones are given an enormous, ongoing opportunity to practice the fine art of PATIENCE, for sure.

From micro-issues of the quality and serving of food, transport and supplies to the macro life-and-death issues of securing and administering medications as ordered, a sick patient in the hospital is very much at the mercy of the judgment, the skill and the attitude of the people who show up on any given shift to care for them.

This drives my parents crazy. They place high value on efficient systems and high-level communication. (Guess what? There ain't a whole lotta that happenin' in the medical system as a whole.)

 If only Dad were well, he'd whip this entire system into shape.... but, the fact is he is the PATIENT.

Today, Dad will have another chest x-ray to check his lungs and see if the medication is working to clear up the pneumonia.

Today, he will "ambulate" multiple times and complete exercises as prescribed by his adorable Physical Therapist (who is under orders to learn and bring him a new joke prior to next session).

Today, we meet with a woman who provides consultation services on appropriate placement once they finally give us the green light to move this Patient out of the hospital.

Please pray for patience and guidance as we hurry up wait and gently move into whatever comes next....