“Hurry up!... and wait…”

The title of our blog is how we jokingly sum up the transplant process in our experience. 

Every step of our journey has been this rush to _________________[turn in paperwork, move to Pittsburgh, get to the hospital, get out of the hospital, etc.]. We’ve scurried to get done what needed to be done, only to find that we would have to wait no matter what. The transplant process is a waiting game. You’re waiting on doctors at appointments (no, this doesn’t change because you have new lungs), you’re on pins and needles waiting on “the call,” you’re waiting on discharge papers to leave the hospital, you’re waiting on your body to work things back to a normal state, etc.

In those moments when you've felt like you've hurried just to wait, we hope you will take that time to breathe and find rest.

Below are some posts on waiting that a dear friend sent to us on her journey to come along side us from afar as she trained for a marathon this summer:

http://run4jens.blogspot.com/2014/06/roadblock.html

http://run4jens.blogspot.com/2014/05/be-dressed.html

It made me think about you all and the relief you may be needing from some long days, exhausting breathing treatments and the weariness of the waiting game.  Whatever it is that you need, I pray that you will find a time and a space this weekend to exhale and to find some needed sweet relief.  

Seven Spiritual Gifts of Waiting:

Patience: http://run4jens.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-first-gift.html

Loss of Control: http://run4jens.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-second-gift.html

Living in the Present: http://run4jens.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-third-gift.html

Compassion: http://run4jens.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-fourth-gift.html

Gratitude: http://run4jens.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-fifth-gift.html

Humility: http://run4jens.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-sixth-gift.html

Trust in God: http://run4jens.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-seventh-gift.html