THE SUNSHINY SUPERWARRIOR GODDESS SPEAKS!

Just a few words from the Hills of Woodland. My Home Sweet Home.

Is it wrong that I constantly want to drop down on my knees and thank my incredible kids, my amazing friends and my heroic husband for getting me through the past two weeks? It was a Herculean effort. And that effort, combined with the constant assistance of the nurses and doctors at City of Hope Hospital have gotten me through a very scary time. 

But ‘tis Trey who really deserves a second, third, fourth, and millionth round for all he has managed to do when I was literally so far out on the brink that four entire days have disappeared from my world.

I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of amnesia, although to be honest, it felt like a great gimmick for a movie. Just not very plausible in real life. Clearly, based on my experiences last week in the hospital, I now stand corrected. Amnesia is real. And I’m its new Ambassador.

Now, just to add a little comedy to the drama, here’s a smattering of some dialogue that you missed from last week’s theatrics. After three days of Trey being told that I was “confused and combative,” I finally regained consciousness, whereupon I was paid a visit from Psychiatric Services to make sure my faculties were indeed coming back online. The conversation went like this:

PSYCHIATRIST: Can you tell me where you are?

ME: Yes, of course. City of Hospital.

PSYCHIATRIST: And you’re sure of that?

ME: Yes, City of Hospital.

PSYCHIATRIST: You wanna try again?

ME: (REALIZING) Oh, G-d. Right. City of Hope.

PSYCHIATRIST: And what is the date?

ME: Well, I’m not sure how long I’ve been here. I guess a few weeks. And I came in, when… uh… in March?

PSYCHIATRIST: No.

ME: April?

PSYCHIATRIST: That’s correct.

ME: So it’s still April?

PSYCHIATRIST: That’s correct.

What have I learned? That the three words my mother used to say are words to live by.

“Expect the unexpected.“

Because the minute you think you’ve got it all figured out, is the same minute everything changes. And these three words are equally important:

"Love is everything."

These two are pretty fantastic as well:

"Think positive."

And one more not-so-known bit of information. There is something magical about hospital tuna-fish sandwiches.

But nothing is as magical as coming home from the hospital!

Until next time.

XO

Nancy