an outcome

The surgery went well. Ami's dad is okay now. Actually, yesterday was the day of the surgery but by the evening, he was waking and talking as usual. Well he was groggy from all the drugs in him but he was back to his normal self. I went there after the camp. Ami was there since 6am...and so was the rest of his family. It should have been a grave situation but I found many people willing to talk about their families also in the CV ICU. There was an old man who spoke with me for almost an hour about his life. He was waiting for his wife to be released but things kept popping up. Then there was this trini lady whose brother in law was having some really bad complications to his surgery. I felt sad for her. he was already in there for three weeks and on life support too!
Then Ami's "nephew," his cousin's son, arrived not too long ago. This kid is 14 and he fits the description of a typical trini schoolboy. He is hilarious. I am happy that he was with the family for the enitre ordeal. He really lightened things up. The kid is just a kind of person who does not have to say anything...people just start laughing when they see his antics. He has a very laid back approach to everything, even when he speaks. I like him a lot. It reminded me of my own school days in Trinidad when the boys behaved in the same way. Back then it was just as funny. See, you are expected to act a certain way but then there is always these few kids who really make school days memorable.
Today, he (the kid) brought a pack of cards. We played "All Fours." he was my partner against ami's brother and uncle. We mixed our signs up but still managed to hang a jack from ami's uncle. the kid marked the date and time. claimed that it will be the talk of all of south t'dad=0) he chalked up six points for us right away. It was bullseye! I had some luck with the pack too. Managed to kick an Ace, a 6 and a Jack when i dealt the cards. Chalked up 6 points right away...even before the cards were played. "All Fours" is a game that you will not play all the time but when you do start, you want to keep playing for a few weeks on end. Nan is usually my partner when we play....and we usually win too.
So although Ami's dad was in the room, we only went in for 5 minutes and saw him. We are happy for him but i guess everyone has developed a way to pass time in the waiting room. I felt badly, we were the only bunch of people laughing and telling jokes in there and having fits of laughter. Today i saw more people having fun and i was happy for them too. I know a hospital is not exactly the place where one goes to carry on and tell jokes but we could not help it. there were simply too many of us there and we were getting bored. Deep down though, we are thankful that the outcome of the surgery was what we wanted. i think all of us said our own thanks.