Somos Uno

Last night we had to take our 20 year old son Cooper to the emergency room of Vanderbilt Hospital. He was having a hard time breathing, his blood pressure was high for a young healthy muscular body like his. His head was hurting and his heart was racing. We knew all that going in. We didn't know what was causing it and honestly we still don't. They did the usual test as he lay in a bed that was in a curtained room that was about 8x15. We could hear other patients all around. Some good sounds, some not so good. They did an EKG, Blood work, Xrays of the chest, temperature checks, urine test, tick test, etc.
What we found out was not much. He has high blood platelets and high white blood cells that is probably causing this malfunction in his body. Not normal but not all unusual at the same time. They feel its a virus/ possible bacteria that will run it's course.  We all hope so.
In the meantime we wait and see. More test will be done and more follow up visits just to be on the safe side. They prescribed an anti-biotic that seems to be helping.
We never seemed to panic or freak out during any of this. The 4 of us, myself, Donna, Amanda and Coop just paid attention to the advise and information that was coming to us after each test and stayed calm. Amanda and I took advantage of our sense of humor and kept Coop laughing and loose thru the 5 hours or laying in a bed and doing test. His main conceren was...Is the Thunder winning?  We all took turns spending time with him and having to wait in the ER waiting room.

When you wait in an ER waiting room of a major hospital in a major city you will see all kinds. Most you would probably never speak to or hang out with if you were just anywhere. We all seemed to have the same looks on our faces, the same questions about how many visitors could go back and see their loved ones, how much were the vending machines, why did they not give out change?  Older folks, young moms and their babies, young adults holding barf bags, some in wheel chairs some standing so others could sit. All Human Beings, hurting, curious, worried, learning, waiting. Sometimes we have a hard time helping people in need. Sometimes we overlook these things. But in this place you are faced square on with it.
We all come together.
We all feel love for each other.
We all seem to care about each other.
We all hurt for each other. 
We all want to Live.
We all want to Love.
We just didn't know it until we are thrown in the same dire straits.
We are Hearts and Bones.
We have the same Flesh.
We have the same Skin.
We have the same Blood. 
We Are One - Somos Uno.