Blessing is N.P.O. tonight. I was with her on the ward a couple of hours ago when the the yellow, “regular diet” tag over her bed was removed and the bright red “NPO” tag was slapped up in its place. She had just finished her dinner of rice and sauce when she saw the switch; she immediately began to howl. Yes, howl. As her mother and I tried to calm her down and explain that as she was having surgery first thing in the morning she wouldn’t miss not eating... she informed us that she had seen the surgical board and her name was last. She was going to be hungry-o tomorrow. I went around the corner to check and sure enough she was right. Last on the list. Definitely going to be hungry-o tomorrow.
Blessing has been with us for over two months now. She knows the drill. Tomorrow is stage three of her surgeries which will continue up until we sail in December.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Gary introduced Blessing to Mary who underwent a very similar surgical process the last time we were in Liberia.
