Six Until Me.: Waiting.

Thursday morning chaos. Waiting.

People talking, laughing, drinking coffee, playing music, typing away on their computers. Phone calls. Meetings. Remember to test bloodsugar. The train whirrs by and people grab their luggage and make their way to their cars. Yesterday I saw a black limo filled with soccer moms get pulled over and the women escorted into the back of police cars, their Prada bags hanging in the breeze. Horns honking. Cell phone keeps buzzing. Email like a flood on my desktop. Threats of terror on every newstation and the bustle of New York City just minutes away.

She's 79 years old. The surgery won't be over for another 4 hours.

I can hear every quiet click of the second hand as I wait.

Update: A phone call from my mother, at the hospital with Grammie in Boston, confirms that surgery was successful and Grammie is in recovery - minus her spleen, one and a half of her kidneys, and part of her pancreas. We're hoping that the cancer has been fully removed and that she'll recover quickly.

Thank you all for your prayers ... here's hoping that they did the trick. :)

Comments

my boyfriend's great auntie is 99. she had a lump under her armpit. she had surgery, and she's fine. you would never think she is 99.

stay strong....love vicki

Posted by: v i c k i | August 10, 2006 09:36 AM

Waiting right along side you ..... time does come to a halt when things like this come up.

Let us know how it goes. Thinking of you lots.

Posted by: Jamie | August 10, 2006 09:49 AM

Best wishes headin' your way.

Posted by: Kevin | August 10, 2006 09:53 AM

Thinking of you and your grammy.

I remember when FIL/BIL did the liver transplant how strange it was watching everyone else go about their life, because didn't they know that our life was on complete hold??!

Posted by: Sarah | August 10, 2006 10:03 AM

Sending good wishes....

Posted by: Shannon Lewis | August 10, 2006 10:12 AM

My 88-y-o diabetic grandfather had emergency apendectomy surgery earlier this year, so I have a taste of this wait. We're with you, and hoping for the best.

Posted by: Lori Rode | August 10, 2006 10:26 AM

Hang in there, Kerri.

Sending many good thoughts for you and your grammie...

Posted by: Sandra Miller | August 10, 2006 10:51 AM

We are sending you good thoughts too.

Posted by: Melinda Vahradian | August 10, 2006 11:04 AM

Sending good thoughts and best wishes for you and your grandma.

Posted by: Val | August 10, 2006 11:12 AM

Add me to the list of good thoughts and prayers!

Posted by: George | August 10, 2006 12:34 PM

I'm thinking of you and your grammie.

Posted by: Caro | August 10, 2006 12:41 PM