Well, I'm sitting in a hospital room for about the gazillionth time in my life, but for once, I'm not the one in the sick bed. So how many of you freaked out when you saw my title for this blog? Hopefully I got at least a couple of you.
One of my best friends from school, Seoyon, went into the nurse's office yesterday with severe stomach pain. They sent her to the emergency room, and in a few hours was diagnosed with a bad case of appendicitis. Apparently they got her into surgery just in time. Seoyon is from Korea, and her parents currently live in Kazakhstan, so she has no family here. Luckily, Nathan was able to stay with her until I could get away from rehearsal and stay the night with her. They expect her to go home tomorrow morning, so pray that there are no complications! She's an amazingly strong person.
Being here made me so thankful for my mom and all those times she spent a whole WEEK in the hospital with me, not just two nights. When you're lying in pain, drugged up on morphine, you're only focused on getting better and going home. But sitting next to the bed, wondering what you can do to help, running on 3 hours of sleep is different. Trust me, it's nowhere near as painful as an appendectomy, but being here makes me shake my head at my wonder-woman mother and how patient she was all those times. Not only that, but she always had the clarity of mind to make good decisions, tell off inadequate nurses, and tell creepy doctors what's up.
Anyway, I'm going to go practice my monologue and song, since I'm missing rehearsal tonight.
Love to all,
Lissa Hoarn
I hope Seoyon is feeling better and has a speedy recovery. She's in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteWe do have the best mom in the universe, dont we?!!!
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking the other day how its been so nice not to have you in the hospital every other week, but I kinda miss sending you flowers and teddy bears.
yes, you did get me. bad lissa.
ReplyDeletewow, emergency appendix removal? poor seoyon, i'm so glad they caught it just in time. i'll be praying for her.
also, really glad that you havent had any hospital trips for almost a year!