Make The Call

Wednesday, July 7th  I had stayed at the hospital with Bop as long as visiting hours would allow.  Kevin arrived late that night, and I had managed to avoid answering the phone, however the next 24 hours were tough.  Immediately, Thursday morning, Kevin and I went to the hospital to check in with Bop and that's when we had to make the call.  Upon arriving to the hospital, Pam called on Kevin's cell, Kevin dodged where he was, but it wasn't long before Bop told Kevin just to go ahead and call her.  There the three of us were in Bop's hospital room, Kevin dialed Pam, and handed the phone to Bop.  Bop said something to the effect of this: " The good news is I get dishcharged tomorrow.  Where am I? I'm in the hospital... I needed a vacation from Kristen."  Kevin and I were laughing,  but could hear Pam on the other end of the line... needless to say, she wasn't laughing.  We gave Pam all the information, as well as the contact information for the nurse... and thought we had things under control.  Meanwhile, Bop kept cracking jokes, making us laugh, and flirting with the nurses.  That afternoon, Kevin and I let Bop get some rest, and went back to camp.  I told Kevin we needed to try to convince Bop to call Aunt Pat, not to cause her to worry, but because I knew she would worry if she didn't hear from Bop in 2 days.. they check in just about everyday.  So after some dinner, I had Kevin convinced, who was ready to convince Bop when we got back to the hospital.  About 10 seconds after we arrived, the nurse, Jody, came in the room and asked Bop if it was okay to give out information to his other daughter.  We'd been had!  Pam had called Pat, Pat called the hospital, and Bop was in for an earful.  Rightfully so, it's a hard balance between grown child and parent... parents worry about their children, so Bop didn't want to worry his daughters.  Children worry about their aging parents, and that's exactly how it all played out.  Bop joked with his daughters, who didn't laugh too much, but then the biggest surprise occured.  Pam flew up on Friday, the day Bop was getting discharged.  Things happen for a reason... most of the time we don't really know the reason behind everything, In this case, the doctors couldn't find a reason for Bop's stroke, all I know is that he's okay and we're going to enjoy the rest of our summer on the river! There is a lesson to be learned...  we all just want to know that our loved ones are okay, even if there is nothing we can do about the way things are, so make the call!