We’re all in the hospital, torn Grandma is here, torn away from the thanksgiving dinner she hosts Dad is here, torn away from his son’s Saturday morning baseball game Nephew is here, torn away from his breakfast as he awaits surgery We call them ‘Mr.’ or ‘Mrs.’ instead of the loving ‘mom’, ‘dad’, ‘son’ And …
What was in your hands when you arrived at the Emergency Department? Your belongings that you wanted to make sure got to your hospital room 3 days later? Your chest as we discover fluid around your heart In the ICU? Your husband’s wrist as your heart speeds up past normal levels In pre-op? Your neck …
Bacteria settled onto the valves of your heart It sat there and grew over time The textbooks tell me It might have something to do with your dental procedure But you sit here in front of me with your son and husband Smiling, joking, worrying, reading, watching, living It doesn’t really makes sense “The bacteria …
