Returning to the Hospital
Returning to the Hospital - Edil Rentas Casiano Yesterday your mom and I went to the hospital in Ocala where you spent so many weeks and months in the last two years of your life. We went to visit a friend who was hospitalized, after an emergency surgery. The visit brought many memories to mind from your times there. The drive to the hospital felt way too familiar, and brought tears to my eyes. The news that the friend possibly had kidney failure , felt like a punch on the gut. Walking in through the emergency room I could not help to think of you, and our many visits there. This visit revived many emotions covered over by the last year’s living. Having said that I cannot believe that it has been almost a year of your unexpected departure. I cannot help to re-live that day in my mind often. The call, the drive to your house, and Maureen’s look at me when I walked into the house. She sat on the living room floor as the paramedic sat on the table taking down information. Just ...