Perspective

Standing over my friend in ICU with tubes everywhere possible in a drug induced coma, I decided that my painful knee was of little consequence. It was extremely painful to see her like that.
Kay Beguhn is here staying with me in order to see MaryJo and we both decided we shouldn't even be allowed to go in to see her. Her blood pressure went up and she appeared agitated so we felt she could hear us and wanted to respond and couldn't. She really needs to be left alone and yet everyone's inclined to rush over there and visit.
It's also driving me crazy that she is not getting good doctoring, but she is in no shape to move to Chicago. A major problem. And it makes me so aware that there are plenty of emergency medical situations that can happen to any of us here where the quality of doctoring leaves something to be desired. Another of those biggies you can't control. There aren't even the doctors here that would enable one to get a second opinion. Would she have made it in a copter for surgery in Chicago? Who knows.
I know if I am in any kind of serious medical emergency and I am stable enough to move I want that plane ride to Chicago!