Yesterday ended up being one of the few days that the three guys that I often go out for lunch with happened to be in the office and all wanted to go out. This has been a tough year for a couple of them; Kevin's wife was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and just started treatment while Jon's 13 year old son has been in the hospital for the past 7 months waiting for a heart transplant after being born with heart issues.
As we're in the middle of eating, Jon gets a phone call and we can tell by how he answered that it's his son. He gets up to go outside to talk to him. The rest of us voice our usual concern to each other and ask the others if have heard how he's doing. A couple of minutes later Jon comes back inside and frantically says, "Luke, can you take me back to the office?!?!" Knowing it has something to do with his son and that he has a 2+ hour drive to get to the hospital where he's being treated, I immediately get up and dump what's left of my lunch. The others follow once they figure out what's going on, even though I offered to come back for them. As we're walking out, one of them asked Jon what was going on and Jon breathlessly reply's, "He got his heart!"
After a faster than usual ride back to the office, Jon quickly left to go to the hospital. He's had a Care Pages page going for his son since he first went into the hospital at the end of last year, so the rest of us have been following the updates since. After a 15 hour surgery, Jon's son is in recovery, so here's to hoping for the best!
As the subject indicates, that was a lunch that I'll certainly remember. I don't have any particular purpose for posting this other than the fact that it made for an exciting lunch break and to request positive thoughts for my co-worker's son.
As we're in the middle of eating, Jon gets a phone call and we can tell by how he answered that it's his son. He gets up to go outside to talk to him. The rest of us voice our usual concern to each other and ask the others if have heard how he's doing. A couple of minutes later Jon comes back inside and frantically says, "Luke, can you take me back to the office?!?!" Knowing it has something to do with his son and that he has a 2+ hour drive to get to the hospital where he's being treated, I immediately get up and dump what's left of my lunch. The others follow once they figure out what's going on, even though I offered to come back for them. As we're walking out, one of them asked Jon what was going on and Jon breathlessly reply's, "He got his heart!"
After a faster than usual ride back to the office, Jon quickly left to go to the hospital. He's had a Care Pages page going for his son since he first went into the hospital at the end of last year, so the rest of us have been following the updates since. After a 15 hour surgery, Jon's son is in recovery, so here's to hoping for the best!
As the subject indicates, that was a lunch that I'll certainly remember. I don't have any particular purpose for posting this other than the fact that it made for an exciting lunch break and to request positive thoughts for my co-worker's son.
