Chapter 12: Julie - A Surprise Visit

I hung up the phone and smiled. I called out cheeringly, “Lucas! Come here! I have a surprise for you.”

He rushes over and hops onto the couch beside me. He giggles as he asks, “ A surprise? What’s the surprise mommy?”

I answered, “ That was your doctor on the phone and guess what. You are cleared to do anything you want. So what do you think about visiting grandpa?”

He excitedly leaps for joy, “ Yes! Grandpa! Grandpa! Are we going to see him right now?”

I respond back with a big smile, “ We sure are bud. If you go get your jacket then we will leave right now.”

He rushes for his jacket and says, “ Okay! I will go get it right now.”

We entered the hospital and used the elevator to the top floor. I whispered to him, “Okay bud, keep your eyes peeled for room #113. That’s where grandpa is.”

He smiled and said, “Okay. #113. I got this.”

He rushes ahead and reads out loud the room numbers, “#108, #109, #110, #111, #1-”