The weirdest thing happened yesterday…
Emerson is recovering from this latest round of infection, & antibiotic treatment, in addition to eagle eye monitoring of her new kidneys, looks to have her here another 12-14 days. Additionally, after a little discussion with Dr. M yesterday it appears inevitable… we’ll be in Omaha for a while – a long whileL. So, I decided to fly home to Colorado for the holiday weekend. Collin has a hockey tournament & I need my car. I plan to drive back Sunday.
I searched through airline fares and schedules yesterday to book a flight, preferably for today. It was the craziest I’d ever seen – prices were changing by the hour. Sadly, though, it didn’t look too promising. Apparently Denver is a hot spot for New Year’s this year! With the exception of one early flight, everything was very expensive (& squarely OUT of our price range) – upwards of $1,000 for a one-way ticket!!! I almost booked a $350 ticket on a flight out of Omaha thru Chicago to Denver with a total travel time of 7 ½ hours (normal trip time 1 hour). I was checking 5 different sites every 20-30 minutes.
Just as I was losing hope of spending New Year’s Eve with the boys I checked Frontier Airlines (yet again). Out of NOWHERE, a flight popped up – Omaha to Denver direct departing at 4:30pm (perfect) for $188. I honestly had not seen this flight, at any price, available on any site (including this one) all day. Needless to say I booked it immediately. Well… I went right back to the site & have returned at least a dozen times since & that flight has never been available again – NO seats at ANY price. The flight isn’t even listed!!!! And yes, I've quadruple checked the date on my confirmation - it's leaving today, Dec 31, 2009!
Where on earth did it come from?? As I sat and pondered that question last night, I decided one of two things – either 1) the flight actually doesn’t exist or I was double booked (an error on the part of Frontier) and it’s setting up to be yet another travel disaster day, or 2) God sent me a ticket to see the family for New Year’s! I was hesitant to leave Eme, maybe it was His way of saying “GO”J! If the flight actually leaves with me on it at 4:30 this afternoon, I’ll seriously have to consider it the act of a higher power.
The only other time I experienced this was after Eme’s code last year. The first 48 hours were very touch and go - if she were to survive there was question as to whether or not she’d be left with permanent brain damage. I was told a certain number on the monitor had to be above “x” or she wasn’t getting oxygen to her brain. The number, sadly, sat below that. My eyes were fixated on that number. It didn’t move. I begged, I prayed, I pleaded. Then I asked God for a sign that Eme was going to be okay… the number rose. Then it dropped. I asked again… the number rose again. Then it dropped. Every single time I asked God for a sign the number rose above “x” to the exact same number – every single time.
So, it’s happened again – something I absolutely can’t explain. With any luck, or make that a little “help”, I’ll be ringing in the New Year with my boys tonight & will be cheering on Collin as he tears up the ice this weekend. I hope your evening, also, is spent with those you love & that tomorrow starts a new decade of health and prosperity for all!!
HAPPY 2010!!!