On Wednesday afternoon, my wife woke up from a nap with some numbness in her right leg. Late Wednesday night her entire right leg was totally numb, and her left foot began to tingle. That tingling began to move up her left leg and it was then that we decided it was time to head to the ER. So we called good ol' grandma, and waited for her to arrive.

Once grandma was at our house, we hopped in the van and headed to the ER, only to find that the entrance ramp to the interstate was closed this one night. So we headed the opposite direction for five miles to the nearest exit, turned around, and headed back. Now we were on our way.

Upon checkin came the dreaded waiting room. ER waiting rooms are a whole different experience than a doctor's office. And for some reason, the minutes see to drag on and on and on. Then finally, they called her name... but only to fill out paperwork before the opportunity to wait some more. Once that wait was over, my wife was called back, and I got to wait... alone... until she was set up in an ER room.

In that ER room we were so fortunate to wait for multilpe reasons - shift changes, doctors who were with other patients, x-ray techs, lab techs, some times it seems like here a tech, there a tech, everywhere a tech, tech!

Finally, after a long night, they admitted her for further tests. Once she was admitted, we thought that test would happen in minutes.  Wrong again! When I finally got back to the hospital after going home to eat dinner with our children, I was blessed with even more waiting. The test scheduled for 6pm didn't happen until 7:30pm!

In the midst of all that waiting, however, God showed up! In a very strange place, God showed up! It was while I was waiting in the hall for a restroom to be vacant that God sent a dear friend and prayer warrior, who had no idea were were even there, around a corner to brighten my day. To lift my wife and our family up in prayer in the hall next to the restroom. In my waiting, God showed up!

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