This morning I went to the local outdoor swimming pool with my daughter. The water in the pool always stays cold no matter how hot the outside gets. It takes our courage to first jump in the pool. Other than that, we enjoyed swimming under the clear blue sky.
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In the evening while I was taking a routine walk with my family, I kept thinking about my mom in Japan. I thought I should give her a call right after I go back home from the walk.
After I got back home, I noticed an unread mark in my LINE app. It was my mom who sent me some messages through LINE as well as a couple of calls during I was walking.
It took me courage to call her back, because I knew it would not be a good news. I knew it would be something about the examination results of my mom’s health.
I called her back a couple of times through LINE app, but she did not pick up the phone. So I called my parents’ home phone. My dad answered the phone.
As soon as my dad recognized my voice, he told me about the examination results of my mom’s health. The doctor found out a colon cancer. He mentioned about my mom’s surgery and hospitalization for one month. He also asked me if I could come back to support them.
While he was talking, I noticed an incoming call through LINE app. It was from my mom. I told my dad I would answer the phone from my mom and hung up the home phone with my dad.
I answered the LINE phone from my mom. I could tell from my mom’s voice that she was crying. She said she was in the grocery store. I understood she wanted to go out and be by herself instead of staying at home.
I told my mom that I just had a short conversation with my dad on the home phone and that my dad asked me to come back for one month to support them. My mom on the other hand told me not to worry and not to come back for that. She said she would talk into my dad to hire a professional house maid to support them while her hospitalization.
I asked both of my parents of the stage of the cancer, or how bad it has gone. None of them remembered. I can understand that. While they were listening to the doctor, they must have been so shocked that they could not remember everything.
As of now their plan is like this.
My mom will be hospitalized from June 5th. The doctor will give my mom some medications through an IV for one week. Based on my mom’s condition, the doctor will decide the date of the surgery. The surgery will be someday after June 12th.
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After we hung up the phone, I thought about it. I want to go back to Japan and support my parents.
First of all, I prayed my family spirits to support my parents.
Then I called the travel agency about the flight tickets. Since it was already Friday evening in our time, the travel agency store was closed. I could talk to the worker who worked during their off-office hours. He said they can’t issue the airplane tickets during the off-office hours. The soonest tickets that I could buy today was to leave here on June 3rd. He put the tickets on-hold for one night for free of charge. I will need to confirm and pay until tomorrow evening. I also reserved the hotel for our stay.
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After these were done, it was already close to midnight. I was exhausted. I will sleep on it to decide whether I will visit my parents right away. I believe my family spirits will guide me through this in my dream.
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