A Near Miss
When Dan arrived for his 11:00 am radiation treatment, he checked in by placing the bar code on his ID card under the scanner. Going into the waiting room, he wondered, "Why are there so many people in the waiting room?"
"Long story short" - this was one of those days that we had been warned about. The computer was not working! About 11:50, Dan began to worry, "Will I miss a treatment on the 2nd day???" To his relief, at 12:00 the technician came to get him. Once Dan was laying on the table with his legs in the open cast prepared for him, the technician began to rearrange the angle of the x-ray machine. It has to be just right, no mistakes.
Back at the house, I was getting nervous. "Where is Dan? Did I forget he had somewhere else to go?" I wanted to phone him, but he had told me, "I will leave my phone in the car during the treatment. I can't answer it if it rings during the radiation treatment." So, here I was...wondering, "Is Dan alright? Did something happen to him? Maybe I can phone the clinic to find out if he is still there."
At 12:25 the phone rang. You can imagine my relief when I heard Dan's voice, "I'm just now finished at the clinic. The computer broke, but fortunately they repaired it in time to give me my treatment." So, okay, things do not run as smoothly as we had been told. Today it was not so that Dan was walking out, finished with his appointment 20 minutes after he checked in. But...he did have his treatment. It went well. Dan feels fine.
Everything is okay...I allowed myself to worry when actually Dan was safe. Forgive me. I'm still growing. God is not through with me yet. And, guess what verse He gave me tonight. No, not "don't be afraid." He gave me this, " 'Leave your country and your people,' God said, 'and go to the land I will show you." Acts 7:3 Could it be that God is reminding me that He does intend for us to go to Romania? -- Anne and Dan