One more week.

I am free! Well, free in the sense that I am not hooked up to a machine and am no longer confined to my four walled prison. Now I have a multi-walled prison! This doesn't bode well for being content. Sorry. Today brought a lot of changes. You see, along with the pneumonia there was also a tuberculosis scare. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise since it gave me a private room at no extra cost. Now one blessing in exchanged for another as I get the all clear with no tb and am now moved too a room with 5 beds, 3 of which are occupied. Seems silly, but it's got me a little anxious. Now I am not only a foreigner but a foreigner who is open to observation more often than when I had my own room. 


I was praying for a miraculous recovery that beat all expectations and had me walking out of here within the week and a half mark instead of 2 to 3 weeks they predicted. The doctor told me today that the shadow is still showing up on the scan which means at least another week. Not a happy camper right now and I feel the Western Christian approach pounding at me to pull myself up and choose contentment! I think there is more to it than that which means more Holy Spirit searching on my part. On a positive note, I no longer cough with every breath, my temp is down, and I'm beginning to recognize certain faces of nurses even though the names still escape me. I'm learning lessons of dependence and am in awe at the amount of support in my life from friends, family, and complete strangers. Now that I am in the Japanese hospital public eye, I know there is more God wants me to show and learn for myself if I can only get past my selfish desire for privacy and comfort. I pray for myself to get out of the way mostly, but also that along with this whole trip to Japan I would stop being calendar oriented ticking off the dates till supposed relief. While I know this too shall pass, I don't want to be so future oriented that I miss opportunities now. I do desire so deeply to be out of this place though, but not before I am well again. Can't have one without the other I guess.