I just got back from a quick 6 day visit to Mumbai earlier today. The trip had just a single purpose. To be part of an event. The event did not take place. And so my trip was completely wasted. Yet it was the best ever trip in my entire life.
This just doesn't make sense. How can a wasted trip be good, let alone the most amazing trip ever.
Well, Ivy was to have what she termed a "minor surgery". All of my doctor friends aka Google disagreed and called it a "major surgery", and I was there, to be at her side. I arrived on Sunday and she was to be admitted on Tuesday evening and the procedure was scheduled for Wednesday.
I had planned all of my meetings on Monday and Tuesday, so I could be with Ivy at the hospital Wednesday onwards. Depending on how everything went, she expected to be there for between 4 to 7 days.
On Monday, she went for a pre-surgery check up. She called me up Monday evening and said, "Steve, the procedure is cancelled". I was concerned and my immediate thought was that her condition required that her procedure be postponed, till she gets healthy enough for it. This had been recommended by the doctors, a month earlier and so I thought she was still not ready.
She probably heard the concern from my voice, and said, "No. It's not what you think. The growth has almost disappeared. The surgery is no longer required." I just couldn't believe it. This was a miracle. Something no one expected. Something no one even hoped for. Not the doctors. Not any of us. Not even Ivy.
A thought did cross my mind. Could this have been Ivy's way of getting me to come down and spend a week with her. Probably not. Magical moments can't be planned. The just happen. This was one of those once in a lifetime magical moments. My best week ever.
The fact that I also got my 2nd patent, paled in comparison. Although I was ecstatic about that too.
Thank you Ives.
This just doesn't make sense. How can a wasted trip be good, let alone the most amazing trip ever.
Well, Ivy was to have what she termed a "minor surgery". All of my doctor friends aka Google disagreed and called it a "major surgery", and I was there, to be at her side. I arrived on Sunday and she was to be admitted on Tuesday evening and the procedure was scheduled for Wednesday.
I had planned all of my meetings on Monday and Tuesday, so I could be with Ivy at the hospital Wednesday onwards. Depending on how everything went, she expected to be there for between 4 to 7 days.
On Monday, she went for a pre-surgery check up. She called me up Monday evening and said, "Steve, the procedure is cancelled". I was concerned and my immediate thought was that her condition required that her procedure be postponed, till she gets healthy enough for it. This had been recommended by the doctors, a month earlier and so I thought she was still not ready.
She probably heard the concern from my voice, and said, "No. It's not what you think. The growth has almost disappeared. The surgery is no longer required." I just couldn't believe it. This was a miracle. Something no one expected. Something no one even hoped for. Not the doctors. Not any of us. Not even Ivy.
A thought did cross my mind. Could this have been Ivy's way of getting me to come down and spend a week with her. Probably not. Magical moments can't be planned. The just happen. This was one of those once in a lifetime magical moments. My best week ever.
The fact that I also got my 2nd patent, paled in comparison. Although I was ecstatic about that too.
Thank you Ives.
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