chemo room

My chemo room mates chat, read, knit, watch tv.
A young school teacher grades papers, someone else conducts work from laptop and phone.
A couple sits close, sharing a movie on their iPad, each with an ear bud, she with a basin in case she gets sick.
Several sleep, exhausted from the fight and treatment, succumbing to the benedryl drip and warm blankets.
The nurses always there, capable, caring.

Most days it is not hard to be there.

But some days, like yesterday, all I see is my future.

hugs,
chris