The Serenity Prayer

No one knows what tomorrow brings….

Yesterday I went to pick Molly up from Mountview. Driving there not knowing if she would actually come with me. I so wanted her to come but I had to accept ‘what will be will be’. Me accepting that I have to let go, accepting I am powerless helped me, we can move to plan B which would then be to collect her at 7.30am tomorrow for the hospital appointment at 8am.

I was very grateful for a smooth transition, I initially saw her through the window in her coat and at that point I thought “YES”, I went in quick, staff were amazing, everything ready and we were out the door in minutes.

Molly was a bit confused when pulling up to my house, the voice inside my head is saying “do not panic”.

06/03/2025

Up at 6.15am, bathed, dressed, nil by mouth and at 7.30am we were off to the hospital with Jean Sparkle for moral support. Molly was sick in the car, surprisingly so as she has not eaten anything since 5pm yesterday.

It’s a strain keeping the momentum, keeping upbeat, keeping calm, keeping sane even, asking the staff to keep talking to the minimum, she was getting agitated. They bring in the scrambled eggs on toast with the radioactive trace. Molly is not impressed, she doesn’t want to eat them, I cut it up for her and she tells me off. I turn away and look out of the window for a while. Slowly and after sometime she takes some bites. Staff check in to see if she is ready to be scanned, they do this a few times until her plate was clean.

Now she not moving into the scan room, Jean and I leave her, she follow… I’m thinking ‘YES’ again. We show her the screen with her name on, we demonstrate the 1 minute countdown and where she should be standing. We manage one minute, then a 15 min wait and we manage another, 7 scans in total 15 mins apart.

She’s only gone and done it! Mission accomplished.

I was ecstatic, I danced down the corridor literally, right into the waiting room where a lady said “ it’s lovely to see such happiness” I can tell you it was lovely to feel that happiness.

This test was vital, I am not sure it will determine the problem however it will hopefully rule out many other problems and that’s got to be a positive.

Molly got a certificate, I was proud and she was proud of herself.

Team work 👍

Now let me see…..

Results in one week.

Luv C