tiny dancer said:
I'm so happy for you Olive. See, I knew things would work out for the better. Hospitals -good. Believe me I know. my mom has a chronic heart disease, and over the past four years she has been in the and out of the hospital nine times. In fact she just was in 3 weeks ago.
THank you tiny dancer. I know it was the best thing for him. Thank God for doctors and modern medicine!! It's something I could never do (be a doctor) but this has reallllly toned my appreciation for the way they save lives!! It's amazing.
SOOO I talked to him this morning!!!
Oh you guys I am sooo happy, I feel soooo much better.
His voice was very weak and hoarse, but he said he felt ten times better than yesterday, and I told him he'd feel improvement every day. He doesn't want me to come down there, and he said he knew I was thinking of him every minute.
He said (his mom didn't tell me- she didn't want to worry me) that the first doctor told him he wouldn't be able to go to America, and he was "gutted" but then the 2nd doctor (who let him go early) said he'd be able to go. And something about 2 weeks after he gets the staples out .. or that he has to get the staples out before he goes. I didn't understand and didn't want to make him talk too much so I'll have to ask his mom later. But he said the staples are out Monday in two weeks (or were out this past Monday) - I told him not to sweat it and we'll take it day by day.
He started fading out after 25 min of talking so I let him go and will call later. He already got my cards- even the one I didn't write "air mail" on!!!
I've been sending one card a day.
He said he had a rare form of appendicitis- apparenlty it usually starts down near the groin area, but Monty's was up behind his liver (which is why his pain was in a different area than typical, confusing his father). And apparently it was starting to go gangerene, so if they hadn't taken it out, it would have been bad! Thank God! He said he had a big scar- and then I told him I thought scars were sexy
and he laughed! :-D
I feel soooooo much better now! His mom said to me last night that now "we have to just get him better" and I like how she said we! I'm just so glad he's healing and the hardest part is over. thank God!!! *relieffffffff*
And now I get to call him again at lunchtime yay! And he sounded happy to speak to me and it made me feel sooo indescribably good when he spoke to me like, in our language. lol if you know what i mean- with certain phrases or intonations that we've developed in conversation.
THank you all soooo so much. ALso, BAW, I told him about the pillow thing and he said he learned that from coughing- and I was so glad to have something productive/helpful to add! so thanks!
Carrie