09 June 2010 – Wednesday
It started raining at about 4:30 and continued almost all day. I told Mary it was because the earth was sad that she had to go into the hospital again.
We went to DDM at Empangeni and got to share a number of ideas with the elders. They really do not have very many investigators who are progressing very well. All the companionships have a pretty good teaching pool but few of them are coming to church and some seem to bunking them on a regular basis.
With the coming of the World Cup the elders need to think of ways to use the games in a positive way. They have been told to make sure they are securely in a member’s house or their boarding if there is a Bafana Bafana game being played. They came up with a number of ideas and hopefully they will be able to take advantage of so many babas being home and watching the games for the next month.
After DDM we went to the hospital and got Mary checked in. While she waited for a bed to be made ready, I had a quick lunch and then drove up to Enseleni to take a picture of the dress they bought for Mbali. It is very beautiful but unfortunately I left my camera at our boarding. Hopefully I can get back and take a picture tomorrow. My head must have really been screwed on wrong because I also forgot to give mama Zulu the material I bought yesterday for her to hem so they can be used for drapes on Sunday.
Mary called to say they found her a bed and so I went up to see her. She was lying on the bed fully dressed and I said that it did not look like she was going to be operated on any time soon. I left at 4:00 and told her to call when she found out when they were going to operate. I was greatly surprised when just after 5:00 she said they were getting her ready to go to operating theatre. So I once again hurried down to the hospital and sure enough was on her way there.
Everything went quickly. She only had to wait about 30-40 minutes before they wheeled her in to the operating room and about an hour to 90 minutes after that she was being wheeled back to her room. She of course did not feel very good and she complained that just two hours before she felt great. I was encouraged that they did not take her to ICU but put her back in a regular room. If everything goes right she should be out in 5 to 6 days – the doctor wants to keep her on antibiotics for that long. I stayed until she was pretty much settled in.
I forgot to mention that the Engwelezane elders helped me administer to her before the DDM. She was happy that I did not tell her that she had to endure. I did bless her that she would trust the Lord.
I have to say that it is very uncomfortable to be home alone. It is too quiet and rather lonely. I had to start playing music to kind of fill up the void. It just does not feel right to have my eternal companion in the hospital and me at home.