January 12 – “… humming a lilting tune”

We actually needed the alarm to wake up yesterday.  First time in a very long time.  It was set for 6:30.  Why?  Because Chris had an appointment with her cardiologist at 9 over in Texas.  The meant we had to leave at 8 or so.  Fortunately there was no real traffic to speak of, so we arrived in plenty of time.

 

The receptionist was humming a lilting tune from behind her mask.  I could actually hear it, too.  In fact, when she finished checking Chris in, I commented, “Keep on singing.”  She was pleased to hear the encouragement and vowed that she would. 

 

The doc was great as usual.  He came in the room and sat down.  Didn’t seem at all hurried.  He even said that he wanted to make sure we had all of our questions answered.  Good thing, too, because Chris had a page full of queries for him. 

 

A few of the outcomes …

He wants her to get into cardiac rehab as soon as possible.  In fact he said he would call them to see what was the hold-up.  Apparently one of the things they do over there is monitor the heart while challenging her physically.  The plan is to retrain the brain to believe that it can do more than it thought it could.  Interesting.

He also adjusted her meds a bit.  Still trying to get just the right tweak on those to stop the intermittent chest and back pains. 

I asked him if she (and me) should get the Covid vaccination.  He paused a second or two, then went into a convoluted explanation of his own journey with making the decision for himself.  He wasn’t too keen on it at first, so he did some heavy research.  He knew the whole idea that it altered DNA was really silly, but he wanted to know some of the deeper details.  His conclusion?  He took it.  And he did recommend that Chris take it as well.  I asked if he thought I should get one, too.  He was a lot quicker to agree that I should.  I sent a message to my doctor to see if he concurs.  Of course now it looks like all the doses are being sent to Houston …

 

James 1:5 says, “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”

 

Father, thank you for that receptionist with the tune in her heart.  Bless her for that.  Amen.