One Phone Call

Today I have discovered that one phone call can change the entire weekend and possibly your entire life.  As we were having dinner (my neighbors, my cousin, nad her husband) and enjoying some beer and interesting conversation a phone call came in on my cousin's husband's cell phone.  You know a phone call is not a good one when he says, "How bad is it?", Where are they taking her?, do you need anything?.  Those are not the question of a positive phone call.  When the phone went down we discovered that his grandmother had blood on the brain and that they were going to operate tomorrow.  Of course he loaded up in the truck and went home.  It is amazing one phone call.  I fail to mention that loading up the truck meant the kids and luggage and making several phone calls to family members and making arrangements for the kids with the other grandparents.  Needless to say its a hard pill to swallow.

The neighbors this morning at around 3 AM got a disturbing call from a boys mother who was in a four wheeler accident.  The kid was only 15 or 16 years old and he wrecked and in intensive care.  This one phone call canceled all plans and made the daughter who was the boys friend devastated.  Even worse was when another phone call came to say they were pulling the plug because he was brain dead.  The girl devastated went to the memorial ceremony tonight and will probably never be the same.  i fail to mention the tears but also the girl lost another friend a few years ago and that is a pretty tough pill to swollow when your 16.

Last Septmember I got on of those type of calls.  My grandpa was in the hospital for blood on the brain and it was a stroke I remember dropping everything and rushing to his side.  Scared to death it would be the last time.  I hate those phone calls when you know its serious.  Have you ever had a phone call you knew just wasn't going to be good?

Life comes fast.  Realization of the night.