I’ve mentioned before that one of the hardest parts of this experience has been that I am not allowed to visit Kendall at the hospital. This has actually been the longest we have ever been apart (well, since we’ve been married – there was that whole two year mission thing….). I know we’ve been very spoiled in that regard, but man have we missed each other!
We’ve tried everything we could think of to get an exception made (I could get a COVID test? wear a hazmat suit? anything?) with no luck, even though we’ve had nurses and a medical student trying to pull strings for us. Finally his head doctor realized that she could have an exception made on the grounds that there would be a New Diagnosis Treatment Planning Meeting and she listed that I was a mandatory participant.
We had that meeting for a few minutes this morning (Sunday) in Kendall’s hospital room, and then I was allowed to visit with Kendall for nearly three hours. It was so so good. Dealing with another month in the hospital feels manageable now. I know there have been many people praying that some way would open up for me to be able to see him at the hospital even though it really felt impossible. What a difference this has made!