Hyperbarics

We felt so helpless!
All we could do was pray.
It was out of our hands, but always in Gods.

Things I remember:

Spending the night at the hospital, my Mom and I were on shift.
The waiting room was simple yet spacious.
The staff provided pillows, knowing that we needed to be there as much as our loved one. I struggled to get a few winks, but felt as soon as I dozed off that my mom was ever so gently nudging my shoulder. "Peggy we can go back now."

I remember:

The chamber, it was time for the chamber.

They bundled her up and rolled her a bit or so down the hall.
Once she was settled, the curtain was whisked back, as if to expose the Wizard of Oz.

There through the large glass window I stood unflinching yet thinking, "Is this an episode from the twilight zone or what?"
There she was in this 9 foot capsule with a window from head to foot, resting, ever so oblivious to the hot summer days passing by without her.

She looked as if she were ready to be shot off to a distant planet just by the push of a thumb.


This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your childern may live
Deuteronomy 30:19

Love you Mer