TIME LINE "COINCIDENCES"

For all of you who wonder why things happen when they do. What took so long, you ask.


In 1992, I started consciously playing with "energy" by asking, as I was leaving home, for the parking angels to provide me with an easy parking space when I got to my destination. It worked. Then one day I had to drive around the blocks 3 times before my parking spot appeared. I just asked the universe, "what is that about?" When I entered the medical building I was going to, there in the elevator, was the doctor that I had wanted to run into to exchange some information. AH!!! I was too early - thank you universe.

YEAR 2009

August
Daughter, Trudy, makes it clear that we have to be home for Christmas with the Steeves family (not down south in our camper van like we usually are) Newest grandson, Nathan, is 2 years old and many more reasons to be here, so it is a no brainer easy decision to make. Departure delayed.

November
Ralph's Chairman of the Strata Council duties further delay our departure to after the monthly meeting the 2nd Tuesday in January. So we decided to go on a cruise instead then. Research started. Info gathered. Narrowing down the field. Close to making a decision. New Interline email with new deals.

Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas - never been on this line
13 nt Trans Atlantic
Southampton, UK to Ft Lauderdale, FL - familiar with both / easy to fly to
Ports of call - 2 France, 1 Spain, 1 Portugal - all new / long time dream places to go to
Nov 23 - Dec 6 - timing fits perfectly

Arrangements made / weather perfect / spectacular ship / best cruise yet /

Europe and Florida have had snow storms since.

Flight home from Ft Lauderdale story is incredible. U.S. Air via Phoenix full of miracles.

Christmas at Trudy's is spectacular. We ring in the New Year with dinner at ABC restaurant and gambling at River Rock casino - all on Christmas present gift certificates.

Shaved my legs a week before my saga begins. (coincidence? or preparing subconsciously)

SAGA BEGINS - Lynn's story. A story of being in the NOW moment, freed of having to control or orchestrate my life or the lives of others and the many miracles that happened along the way.

Wed Jan 6/10 at 8:30p.m.
- I go to Richmond Hospital Emergency after being in pain and vomiting since afternoon. Feels like the 1977 bowel blockage episode.

[ just had the thought to go get the mail and did. There is the card that Roz had sent to VGH - just in this moment when typing these words that I had hand written while in VGH ]

- Morphine and Gravol used to get me comfortable. At some point, after vomiting again, the pain and nausea is gone. The block has unblocked itself. I felt and look much better. They keep me overnight in emergency. Ralph goes home.

Thurs. Jan 7/10
- Surgeon on call orders CT Scan, Contrast X-ray, etc. Consulted with collegue at VGH. Decision was to transfer me to VGH.
- no beds available, so I was transferred to 3 North in Richmond Hospital to wait.
- 3 N is the old Pallitive Care ward where I spent 2 years helping the hospitals Music Therapist with a weekly relaxation group. The then Comfort Room is now called Sacred Space. It has the familiar props I was familiar with and more. I could not have orchestrated a better location to be, thank you universe.

Fri. Jan 8/10
- Told Ralph to take a day off and stay home.
- Before lunch, I have a scare - pain and nausea returns. Given morphine and gravol. Ralph is called and arrives. I choose not to eat the "clear fluid" lunch or dinner. Crisis passes and from then on I am feeling fine.

Sat. Jan 9/10
- Ralph takes day off.
- Morning visit with Mary K. She leaves me resting after a Reiki session.
- Afternoon visit with Susan K and friend. They leave me resting after healing session.
- Evening visit with Brigid. She leaves me resting in Sacred Space room after TT session.

Sun. Jan 10/10
- Trudy visits, bearing gifts ( see 'Soc Story' posted here for details )

Mon. Jan 11/10
- Jean visits around lunch time. Nurse tells us I am being transferred. Jean goes and picks up Ralph so that he can ride with me in the ambulance.
- As I walk into VGH from the ambulance, I pick up a penny on the ground. mmmh!
- I am seated in a chair with a number written on a piece of scrap paper taped to the wall above me. At one point there is 3 stretchers and the ambulance attendants lined up waiting to be treauged in emergency.
- Seen by Dr. from the team, that was assigned to me who asked me questions, but no quiet place to examine me.
- patient escort takes me for x-ray / ended up walking back with escort that was bringing another patient back to emergency, saving her a trip. I got back just as another escort was looking for me to take me up to my room.
- bed in room is in the corner - the one I would pick if I had the choice.
- told TV / Phone hook up rental guy had left for the day. He appears a few minutes later. We decide to pay for 4 days to start with.
- 4 p.m. Ralph goes home. Took day off Tues. (he has the Strata Council meeting to go to)
- taken for a CT SCAN. They have trouble and give up trying to get an IV started. Had me sitting with warm blankets on my arms. Just as they were going to send me back up to my room, another person comes by and ends up successfully finding a vein. They were able to do the CT Scan. [ NOTE: - on a brand new state of the art CT Scan machine in use for the 1st time that day ] Thank you universe, now I understood why my transfer took until today.
- restless thought filled night, thought about the socks and giggling, fell back to sleep easily.

Tues. Jan 12/10
- Mary K visits (Art also at VGH having had a back surgery) Leaving me resting after Reiki.
- restless night, even thoughts of Socks fail to get me back to sleep, so I get up to write out the list of thoughts going through my mind.
- 5:00 a.m. - I have a wonderful chat with the nurse. She says she will chart my questions.
- Chaplain from Spiritual Services drops by. We have a wonderful conversation. Karen arrives and I ask her to give us 1/2 hour. She does. When she returns I introduce her to Caryn, the chaplain. (catch the coincidence of the same name?) Just then, Mary K arrived. The 4 of us have a wonderful chat. The Chaplain leaves, Karen and Mary leave me resting after visiting and doing Reiki.
[ side story here: - Karen had brought me flowers. During the Reiki session, I had the thought to ask her if she would take the flowers home and enjoy them for me. Telling me about them. She agreed. It felt like it would be a wonderful healing experience for both of us. It has proven to be just that, far beyond my wildest dreams could ever have imagined - story coming soon ]
- a Social Worker visits - she doesn't "get" me but seems to begin to understand.
- nurse tells me Dr. has scheduled Colonoscopy / Endoscopy and I drink 2 bottles of Citro Mag

Wed. Jan 13/10
- told Ralph to have another day off.
- phoned mom in Calgary and had a wonderful conversation. She wished us a Happy Anniversary - I had totally forgotten.
- I phoned Ralph back and wished him Happy Anniversary.
- Dr. that saw me at emergency dep't Monday, came in and examined me. I ask him about other issues. He sent me for an Ultra Sound on my right leg to check for blood clot. He was treating the "Whole" me. Collecting all the pieces of the puzzle before assembling the picture. I was impressed.
- Gastroenterologist comes by for info. Turns out that Dr Carr, who was doctor that I went to for scopes, was her mentor. (I knew he had retired, and she told me he had since died)

Thur. Jan 14/10
- 7 a.m., I was taken down to get Colonoscopy / Endoscopy.
- Ralph visits. 3 doctors on the team, visit us. Not sure why???

[ NOTE: - been on 'clear fluid' diet at Richmond Hospital and VGH (except NOthing Monday)
- supper tray arrives and is Regular Diet

Fri. Jan 15/10
- Dr. visits this morning. He asks if I can agree to his plan. No surgery, discharge me with tests and doctor appointments set up for me, all that can be done with me at home. I agree. He says he will be back. Even asks if I am okay with his choices of doctors.
- Karen L phones to ask if Shelina and her can come visit. I tell her about Dr. visit and she offers to drive me home. I accept, then phone back asking if she could bring me some clothes from her closet as I didn't have anything with me. She arrived with a duffle bag full of choices. We have a great visit with lots of healing.
- I had a change of mind about one of the outside doctor choices and tell the nurse / she pages Dr. but no reply. I am showing Shelina and Karen some of the pictures in the hallways, and who walks by, but the Dr. I tell him I would like to use the Richmond surgeon that had looked after me at emergency. Then just as we are passing the nurses station, I hear the nurse starting to tell the Dr. about the change / I am able to tell her I had already talked to the Dr. Talk about timing....

[ NOTE: - Rmd. Dr. was also the doctor that looked after me in 2004 re: breast cancer ]

- Lunch comes and goes, no word yet. Shelina and Karen go to get some lunch. The nurse comes in to tell me I am being discharged and goes over the paperwork. I get dressed and pack up my things. When Karen and Shelina return, I am ready and waiting.
- the entire time I have been phoning Ralph, leaving messages on answering machine. I phoned neighbours to make sure I had someplace to go (no purse, money, keys)

[ NOTE: - 4th day - no need to renew TV / Phone rental. ]

- 5 p.m. - Ralph got home 5 minutes before Karen and I did. What a beautiful sight he was when the elevator doors opened. He had been at the mechanics all day getting the van doctored. I changed and gave Karen here clothes back.

I was home, and as I had said to Karen on the drive home... It just felt like we had been out for the day. Later that night, Ralph says - "I just had a dream that you have been in the hospital."

[ I reminded Karen that she had driven me home back in 1992 - but that is another story ]
And that is how it was.

Lovingly Lynn