New Year's Miracle

We've had a harrowing six weeks or so with Forrest's kidney stone.
Twice he entered the hospital to have it removed
and both times it was postponed.
For weeks he's been toting powerful pain pills around in his pocket,
necessary if the 6 mm stone tried to exit his body.
Wednesday he tried again to have it removed.
We went down there
he on an empty stomach
no coffee nor anything by mouth after midnight.
He changed into a hospital gown and lay on the bed.
They took him for xrays, then brought him back again.
A nurse put an IV in his arm
and all those things they paste to your chest that monitor your heart.
Finally they gave him a hair net type hat.
He was ready to roll,
but then they paused.
The technician said he needed to talk to the doctor.
When Dr. Mineo came in, he too looked at the xrays.
There was no sign of the giant kidney stone.
It just disappeared, went missing.
Maybe it's hiding somewhere, but we doubt it.
No need to blast something you cannot see.

They puzzled over it, then sent him home.
Happy New Year!
I'm calling it a miracle, a new year's miracle,
an omen I think of good things to come in this new year.

We took the news matter of factly
then went to eat Mexican food at Ninfa's.
In joy and in sorrow Forrest and I eat Mexican food.
This time we gave thanks to God and celebrated with saccharine sweetened iced tea.