“This waiting is killing me,” Hannah said, looking up at the clock for the millionth time. “How long is this going to take?”
“Dr. Cunningham is the best spine specialist in Texas,” Rebekah replied. “I’m sure he’s just being thorough.”
“And I wouldn’t want him to be anything else.” Hannah sank back into her chair in the waiting room. “Thank you for helping us navigate through these rough waters, Rebekah. I didn’t realize how wonderful it would be to have a nurse in the family.”
“Anything I can do to help,” Rebekah replied. It hadn’t been easy for Jeremy to tell his parents about this surgery and the possibilities, knowing that he might be getting their hopes up for no reason, and it hadn’t been easy for Greg to decide that he wanted to give it a try. It had been a long month of doctor visits and consultations, but now, here they were, and soon they’d know if it had been a success.
Thomas and Jeremy entered the waiting room a moment later, carrying a pizza box, and Thomas was laughing about something Jeremy had said. So much healing had taken place in their family during this process, and it warmed Rebekah’s heart every time she saw them interacting with each other positively.
Another thirty minutes went by, and the pizza had been eaten and the box discarded before Dr. Cunningham came to find them. “The procedure went exactly as planned,” he said, looking pleased. “We removed the scar tissue that was causing the pressure, but retained the tissue that was protecting the cord. There will be some recovery time, and you need to understand that this won’t be an overnight process, but I believe that in time, Greg will be able to walk again now that the tissue isn’t compressing the cord.”
Hannah immediately burst into tears, and Thomas gathered her up into his arms.
Dr. Cunningham answered a few more questions, then stepped out of the room to leave the family alone.
“It’s a miracle,” Hannah kept saying over and over. “It’s such a miracle.”
“Just remember what he said,” Rebekah replied. “There’s going to be a long recovery process.”
“Yes, but there’s hope, and as long as there’s hope, I can endure almost anything,” Hannah replied.
Rebekah held Jeremy’s hand as they walked out into the hall to find a quiet corner. “I can’t thank you enough,” Jeremy said once they were out of earshot of his parents.
“There’s one very meaningful way you could thank me,” she replied. “You could marry me this fall.”
“I could, huh?”
“Yes. I think that would be a very nice token of your appreciation.”
He grinned and ran his hand down her arm. “All right, then. I think I can handle that.”
THE END
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