Prayers

This past weekend, my roommates and I went to Tampa and it was a great time.  We served at an elementary school health fair so I got to play with children of all ages while the hospital employees promoted the free swim lessons and other benefits they were offering to parents.  To make it even better, this whole event was through the YMCA which made me so happy! I just kept thinking of more reasons why I enjoy working and being associated with the YMCA.  The whole day I kept thinking of my camp family and how thrilled I was to be moving back closer to them. 

Once we got done with service, we showered and I straightened my hair before we went out for my birthday dinner.  We went to a delicious restaurant in Tampa and the 7 of us enjoyed each others' company. I even tried raw oysters! They actually weren't that bad if you don't mind a little sand in them. I had a great salad that filled me up perfectly and then blew out the birthday candles on my cupcakes that the Tampa girls made for me.  It started pouring so that canceled our plan to walk along the river in downtown so we went to the country bar right away.  It was not quite like the country bars I am used to back home but just listening to the music and being surrounded by people who enjoy that same atmosphere was nice.  They did lots of line dancing, well pretty much all line dancing, so I was studying people's feet to figure it out.  I think I'm going to try going to the line dancing classes not too far from our apartment.  We went to another bar for the rest of the night and then stopped at Food Network acclaimed eatery on the way back to get some tacos. 

The next morning I woke up around 8 or so and started getting packed while everyone else was sleeping.  The Orlando group had to leave around the same time as us so we had some delicious pancakes and then started talking.  I had gone back to check my phone in Cristina's room when I noticed a missed call.  After calling my friend back, I found out that a very good friend from camp was/is in the hospital in critical condition.  She went into cardiac arrest and is currently in a medically induced coma.  I am very worried, especially being so far, but all we can do is wait right now.  They are waiting to see how everything has affected her brain but we won't know the full results for 72 hours.  If you could lift up some prayers for her and her family, it would be very appreciated.  I am horribly impatient in situations such as this so I am struggling but I just keep praying that she will wake up from her coma tomorrow with little to no brain damage.  I am very grateful for my Camp Hyde family because we are really good at communicating with each other and being supportive.  My friend, Megan, is not going to give up her fight but I just hope she wakes up sooner rather than later.