One of the Best Things I have Done
Look at that smiling face. I'm taking credit for that smile. It is one of the best things I have done. A few years ago, my mom was fighting for her life in SICU at HSC. When you are have a relative in ICU, you know that you struggle to find things to do. Usually, only visitor at a time so you alternate and there are often many things that the medical team need to do that they would prefer to do without you watching. So, you end up doing a lot of sitting and drinking coffee and feeling guilty that you are just sitting and drinking coffee. You feel like you want to do something. So, it was a Saturday morning when the medical team needed some time with my mother for about two hours. I just wasn't up to sitting doing nothing. Then, I remembered that I was due to give blood. It was my man's first time in Canadian Blood Services and I asked him to see if he could donate blood. Someone had told him years ago that he was not el...