Today?

Sending up healing prayers today as nephew is unhooked from the suction machine. The suction machine has pumped blood and unwanted fluids out of his chest and lung area. The lung was very bruised and has bled longer than the doctors had anticipated. His ICU stay has been twice as long as doctors predicted. Lung has not re-inflated as quickly as described. Three days has turned into 5+ days. If all goes well the chest tube will be removed tomorrow. When the chest tube comes out he will be moved to a regular room for another night or two before they let him go home.

Sister and brother-in-law have hung in there all week. At one point they were leaning towards a move to Memphis and a larger hospital, with a better variety of medical professionals. In the end they were convinced that a course of patient waiting was best. That is what they are doing.

In the mean time they have had to deal with small town police department, local hospital, cramped ICU waiting room, besides grown son's injuries. Police report was not available until after last night. Hopefully the other motorist is insured. Don't even know that, yet. Maybe today.

So. Today that will be my mantra - "maybe today"! It didn't work for my powerball tickets last night, but perhaps it will work for an inflated lung - "maybe today". This will be my prayer... Dear God, maybe today?

Father-in-law continues to do well under the care of his children. With social interaction and good nutrition he is improving. Slowly. He has had a small foot issue. Hopefully it will stay small. Maybe today his foot will start to heal and feel better.

The weather this week has been lovely. On the cold side. Sunny, though. Today it might get up to 63 degrees. Maybe today.

The fun of buying the lottery ticket is in the hope and dream of "what if". It is the hope that I buy. I hope that the winners will be generous with their money. And smart. I hope it doesn't ruin their lives but enriches the lives of many. Maybe today.

Namaste.