It was a tense coupla days. We had word on Sunday through Yahoo messenger that my mother in law expereinced some chest pains and had to go into the hospital in Chicago for some test. The results came out ok, but they wanted to this one additional test where they put a scope in through her leg, up to her heart to see if they missed anything.
After a few days of anxious waiting, bickering (otrie and me) and other related stress busters, we finally heard back from the folks in chicago via sms that her heart is in very good shape.
While we are busy being thankful to God for prolonging her life (she's 82), I am also thankful for the modern tools of communication we have that allow us to convey important information like this for virtually nothing.
In the old days, it would have meant an expensive phone call, truncated telegram or the impersonal fax. If you go even further back, it would have been the post, which will take at least a week to get here.
So thank God for sms, msn, yahoo, email and skype. We don't say it enough.
P.S Oh yeah, and thank God for the go-through-leg-to-look-at-heart scope as well. :) We are so glad you are ok, mama!
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