Pain Can't Ruin A Good Party

April 18, 2006

Today was Marilyn’s birthday. At 10:00 she called to say she was headed off to the radiation department. Alice Glowaki was already there for a visit so I hurried off to the hospital so I could be there when Marilyn returned to her room. Alice was still in the room waiting when I finally arrived around 11, meeting Dorothy and Marilyn’s dad on the way up. Marilyn rolled back around 11:30 reporting that her first treatment would be later in the day. Her comment was “They say that this will buy me a few months but this is mans medicine and we don’t know what God’s medicine will do”.

The rest of the day was a flurry with the radiation treatment and non stop visitors who stayed until 9 pm. The room was a party palace with Marilyn as the center of attention. Her room is now full of balloons, chocolate, fuzzy animals, flowers and cards. Visitors for her special day were – Alice, Vern & Dorothy, Ardith, Una, Stephen, Dale & Irene B, Darlene F, and David and Tracie.

After all the fuss and flurry throughout the day I thought that Marilyn’s pain would spiral out of control. It was quite bad when everyone left but with some kind attention from Jim, the RN on duty and myself we were able to get her into a comfortable position. I left the room at 10:15 after some quiet time and a prayer. Marilyn is in Gods hands now.