Thursday, September 22, 2011

A Shot in the Rear and You're On Your Way

At first it starts off real subtle.  A slight indication things are about to change.  As the years progress things get worse.  You try and figure out what is wrong and no one can figure it out.  After ten years aha someone finally pinpoints what the issue is. 

Okay the issues are identified and solutions are put in place for a remedy. If not a complete remedy something that will cause the issues not to escalate further.  Like a bandage on a wound so it won't get further infected.

Okay years past and there is nothing really you can do but deal with it.  The sleepless nights, the long days.  All you can do is deal with it.

There's a fix here and there's a fix there but there's not a permanent fix anywhere.  You begin to pray feverishly for a solution.  The more you pray the worse the situation gets.  Do you lose faith?  No you pull faith out of the bag you need more it.  You call on your friends, you call on your co-workers, you call on your fellow parishioners, you call on everyone and they all lend their moral support.  Never relenting after over years upon years.  You keep up a good smile.  You keep up a good spirit.  Things are going to get better they just have to.

It is truly amazing how one person can endure so much pain and others don't know what pain is.  I spent the night in the emergency room with my mother.  I'm now recanting her unending faith.  No matter how many trials and tribulations she has gone through with her MS.  It started out with MS and has progressed into about 18 other things she still has faith. 

Her primary doctor won't prescribe her any more medicine and won't return the calls from her or her nurse.  The emergency room won't keep her overnight.  They realize all the conditions, medications, and etc.  some are working with each other and some are working against each other.  The physician she had last night I think was one of the best ones yet.  The situation remains it is nothing they can do to remedy her situation.  All they can do is give her a shot for pain in the rear and send her on her way.

Regrettably it reminds me a lot of the current state of the economy.  It has given a lot of people a shot in the rear and sent them packing.  I hate to be so doom and gloom but on today I wish I had the power to control pain. 

I know my mother is  a true trooper.  I look at her and wonder sometimes why she is not mad with the world.  Smile, greet, love and embrace the world every opportunity she gets.  She can keep things stirred up at times too.  All years of being in the work a day world was her practice run.  It had its benefits.  The quest to the top is not easy you have to stand steadfast and most importantly always keep the faith.