A room with a view
Reflecting on April 22
As expected, we are in the waiting game. It is the weekend and things are quieter around the hospital, and lab results move in a little slower. So we continue to wait. Answers will come.
A day of waiting however is not without excitement!
Sam now has a room with a view. He was transferred from the ICU to the Oncology unit. Thank you to the ICU team and their vigilant care of our boy. Sam is now under the care of the Oncology team. Things are quieter here as medical policies do not require constant monitoring. The view is also nicer, the ICU window looked at the side of another building, now from the 8th floor the view is across Vancouver, out to Burnaby, SFU, and the mountains beyond.
… I was going to add a picture but as the rain comes down there are no views in Vancouver this morning.
We were encouraged by visits:
- The Smiths, dear friends who we originally bonded with while working in Guatemala with CMU’s Outtatown program, came over from Vancouver Island.
- Sam’s sweetheart of a cousin Jayme (2.5 years) delivered her hand-made card supported by mom Amanda, Auntie Tricia, and Uncle Cal. Sam was touched!
Upcoming
- We continue to look forward to Sam’s diagnosis … but we expect that these may still take a number of days
- This afternoon Tina and I will check-in at the Ronald McDonald House. This will give us our own space a five minute walk from Sam. The other day I ate at McDonald’s and was offered to support the Ronald McDonald House. Of course I said yes. … I expect I will be saying yes for the rest of my life.