The road to Rehab

Tomorrow, we will be transported to a Rehabilitation hospital early in the morning.

Living at Sick Kids for 5 weeks has been a little surreal. We've been sheltered here and with a full team of nurses and doctors by our side 24/7, we got a false sense of healing while we've been here and that once we got out, life will return to normal and we would pick up exactly where we left off, that everything at home would be exactly where we left it.

Time seems to have stopped since we've been here. We have no idea what day of the week or day of the month it is, what the weather is like outside, what's going on in the world, how long the grass has grown at home, etc. Although I must say its kind of nice not having to plan out each day and stress about schedule, as each day is a new day that we take at face value. It reminds me of how we need to ask for God to orchestrate each day for us and not let our own personal goals and schedules dictate how each day / quarter / year should be planned out and accomplished.

We're almost not ready to leave, as the next chapter feels closer to reality, and the true healing process is ahead of us as the team at Sick Kids has already dealt with the acute inflammatory issues.

Visiting Holland Bloorview rehabilitation hospital gave me a new respect for social workers, occupational therapists, physio therapists, speech therapists, and the rest of the staff there. These people have marathon projects where each child's progress may not be realized immediatley or often times even long after the kids have left the hospital. Additionally, rehabilitation is a different animal vs the medical side, where a drug is administered and then a desired outcome is observed. What's important for me to remind myself is that its a place of healing vs a place of sadness even though everything you see there is brokenness.

Parts of us are not ready to face the rude reality of life again as it can get ugly at times and the healing process will be a journey and not a quick fix.

Our human nature seeks to solve problems with quick solutions, but God doesn't seem to work that way. He doesn't just swoop in and give us different medication for every illness we may encounter; rather he walks with us every day, joining us on our journey to redemption through this broken world.