On Thursday afternoon in Copenhagen I got a frantic phone call from one of my best friends. On Tuesday her daughter had visited the school nurse complaining over headache. When she left the nurse’s office she collapsed and lost consciousness. In the ambulance on the way to the hospital she also stopped breathing. Early Wednesday morning she had brain surgery to remove a blockage in the brain. When I talked to my friend her daughter had just left the ICU, but was still in critical condition.
I felt so helpless being in another country. All I wanted was to rush over to the hospital hug her and tell her that things would be all right. Thankfully the neurosurgeons at the University Hospital are among the best surgeons in the world. So I did what I could do. I called another one of our friends and she immediately rushed over to the hospital with lots of hugs and support from the both of us.
I talk to my friend every day and her daughter is dong better and better, but it’s going to take a long, long time before she’s back in school again. So if you feel like sending some good thoughts, please do. She will need all the good thoughts and prayers she can get.
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