My day off

Hospital is a place that tests your patience and stomach...

According to the doctor's instruction, my mom cannot eat or drink anything the night before her mechanical heart rhythm adjustment surgery today.

Waiting time-1.5 hrs:
My mom and I checked in the St. Paul hospital in downtown at 9:30am (according to the instruction), but the nurse said we are too early and asked us to come back 1.5 hour later. *_*

Waiting time-whole day:
I was told the surgery will take 3 hours and it takes 2 hours for my mom to feel conscious again. So I waited at home......I got a call from the nurse and was told I can pick her up at 7pm.

Waiting time-4 hours:
However, my mom was vomiting and feeling dizzy when I arrived her room. She became impatient and grumpy and wanted to go home. I had to stay with her until she agreed to stay in hospital overnight at 10pm. (Fortunately, I brought a book with me while waiting in the hospital.) I was lucky to grab a piece of simosa in an Indian cusine snack shop in downtown but my mom hasn't eaten anything since last night! No wonder she was so grumpy and demanding. ~__~

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7.

My heavenly father, please teach me how to love others with patience like the way you love us.