Timeing Is Everything

Ecclesiastes 3 says

There is an appointed time for everything,

And there is a time for every event under heaven –

A time to give birth and a time to die;

A time to root and a time to uproot.

A time to kill and a time to heal;

A time to tear down and a time to build up.

A time to weep and a time to laugh;

A time to mourn and a time to dance.

A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;

A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.

A time to search and a time to give up as lost;

A time to keep and a time to throw away.

A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;

A time to be silent and a time to speak.

A time to love and a time to hate;

A time for war and a time for peace.

A time for a CT scan and it may be today or maybe not.

That last line is not in there but after the last two days it should be. I was scheduled to have a CT scan yesterday.  After drinking their most delicious milkshake the night before I arrived early for the scan.  I was handed another milkshake told to drink it and then follow it 30 minutes later with a larger cup of water.  This I did and then waited another 25 minutes.

At last they called my name.  It was time for the scan.  Unfortunately, it was not to be.  They told me, that because a few years ago I had experienced an outbreak of hives following a scan, they could not do the scan at the doctor’s office.  They preferred I have the scan performed at the hospital.   They offered to reschedule the scan to be done next week.

After explaining that next week was not an option they got me scheduled for 6:45am this morning.  At the hospital I would be pre-medicated to prevent the hives.  So it was up at 5:00am and off to the hospital. 

Being the first one at the hospital I sailed right through admissions and was quickly called.  First question, “What flavor milkshake would you like?”  I told the nurse that since I had about three quarts between yesterday and the night before I preferred something other than vanilla.  When she asked why I had drunk the stuff yesterday I explained about the hives.  She then asked if I had completed the pre-medication.  I told her no.

The look on her face gave away the fact something was not right.  She told me I should have been given a prescription and started the process 24 hours before the scan.  They would not do the scan without my being pre-medicated for hives.  So, she gave me a prescription and rescheduled me for tomorrow.

I know what happened.  The office where I was first scheduled called my GP’s office and explained the problem.  My GP’s office scheduled today’s scan with the hospital.  Those two offices assumed the other had given me the required prescription.  I am now taking large doses of Benadryl and Prednisone. Needless to say, I am doing well to hold my head up.

Now for the third time, tomorrow is the day of the CT scan.  If not then it will not be done prior to our leaving for Memphis.

Through all of the frustration we still trust that all of this is in God’s timing.

Habakkuk 3: 17-19

17 Though the fig tree should not blossom

And there be no fruit on the vines,

Though the yield of the olive should fail

And the fields produce no food,

Though the flock should be cut off from the fold

And there be no cattle in the stalls,

18 Yet I will exult in the Lord,

I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.

19 The Lord God is my strength,

And He has made my feet like hinds’ feet,

And makes me walk in my high places.