the initiation ceremony is soon to begin… the consensus is that a few sutures to the eyelid from an urgent care will fix me right up, so, knight in shining arrmor, jeff, and i go off on the long and winding road healing mission… urgent care sends us to the emergency room of a local hospital who realizes the injury is far more serious than just a totally lacerated eyelid… as all helicopters were in use, i got ambulanced to Washington’s #1 trauma center, Harborview in Seattle where the only 2 surgeons that could perform this surgery are…

so far every person we encounter is such a beautiful being of light and they are all amazed at my great spirits… i’m stretchered into their ER, thought i’d seen busy ones before but Harborview takes the cake… again, everyone is so upbeat and so concerned…. even when the doctor said this surgery was about saving my eye and i might not regain vision, it was still a beautiful party and, no, i wasn’t on any drug but love, the most intoxicating drug of all…

eight hours later, i’m still on a stretcher in the hall waiting for an OR or hospital room to open when an angel of mercy appears saying that, finally, an OR is available… one minute i’m breathing deep breaths and then what seems like the next moment, although it’s 3 hours later, the surgeon is telling me all is well… and there’s even a room for me after the recovery room… Hallelujah!

soon, my daughter is calling from Portland to say she is getting in her car to bring me home in a very no arguing with me tone… yes, i was still having visions of my car getting fixed that day in time for me to drive it home as a one-eyed bandit or patch over the eye pirate… and, yes, i’m a dreamer, thank goodness i’m in such amazing company…. always being and becoming boundless love!