It's been awhile since I last posted. My 90-year-old mother was rushed to the hospital last week with kidney stones and a high fever. Her condition was serious, and she needed a quick operation to have a stent put in. She also developed an infection in her blood and ended up in kidney failure as well. However, that didn't stop my mother. She was extremely anxious to visit her grandson in Kentucky over the weekend, and she kept telling everyone she had to be out of the hospital by then. (It's almost the end of my son Sean's internship at Aegon Insurance in Louisville, so she wanted to get there again before he heads back to Butler University for his senior year.) Her body worked hard to get better (with the help of two blood transfusions and some serious antibiotics), and she convinced the doctors she was ready to go. We had a great time just relaxing, visiting, and dining. We even had a chance to try the slot machines at the casino, although we didn't win anything.
Watching my mother's determination, in the face of kidney failure, terrible knees, post-shingle neuralgia from last October, a pacemaker, rheumatoid arthritis, anemia, and numerous blood transfusions during the past year, inspired me and provided a reminder of how easily many of us give up in the face of hardships, challenges, and disappointments.
If we really want to achieve something, we need to pursue it with the same singlemindedness displayed by my mother. If we decide that no obstacle is big enough to deter us from our goal, we are more likely to go after it with absolute confidence in the end result. Like her, we won't stop until we get to our desired destination!
Check out the pictures of our trip on the right side of this blog!
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