Friday, January 17All That Matters

Guess they really want everyone to know they drive a Maybach. Had to look up this car brand.

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  • Stick with it…. The Maybach is in there.

    The year was 2012 and the love of my life was going through some seriously horrible chemotherapy. We’re stuck in Houston because the doctors don’t want us to leave just to turn around and come back so we tried finding a hotel near the hospital or even remotely close but there were none whatsoever. We didn’t want to stay in the hospital because we had had enough of those. The closest thing I could find would run us $1200 a night and it’s already 7pm.

    I jokingly said let’s get a limousine and just pay the driver to park for six hours while we rest. Found a reputable service through the hospital, but when we called they said some event had booked up most of the services for some gala that night. I explained what was going on and the guy just went all John Wayne and said he’d call me back. Less than an hour later Hector was at the front desk asking for us.

    It’s just past 8pm as we meet this big Greek beefcake and he escorts us to a Maybach 57 I’m guessing it was brand new since it smelled like leather heaven. I asked Hector about how the billing was handled, and he exclaimed that it was all taken care of and what type of food preferences we had because dinner was taken care of too. The seats in the back of this car are recliners and everything is individually heated or cooled so cold chemo patient gets hot air and hot seats, and I got to not sweat for the first time in months.

    We told Hector that we weren’t fancy diners, and we’d eat anywhere that was his favorite. We got food from a Greek place not far and split up the meals sharing everything like a Greek family. He drove us around in circles for hours until a priority spot opened at the hospital and he parked the car with everything going and pulled shades down on every window. He sat outside on a portable stool he kept in the trunk even after we begged him not to.

    They have some serious soundproofing on that dang thing, because we couldn’t hear the normal craziness of Houston. We both slept until around 10:30am when he checked to make sure we didn’t have an appointment. Hector also informed us that he was available for that night as well and it was already taken care of should we need it. We all went into the hospital and Hector and I had breakfast in the “cafeteria” while blood work was being redone. At this time I slipped over to the ATM and took out the maximum which I think was $300 at the time and I already had close to another $300 in my wallet.

    We found out that we could go home now and I grabbed all the cash and slid it in Hectors jacket pocket as we hugged. We went our separate ways and roughly two weeks later I get a donation acknowledgment from the hospital thanking me for my $1400 donation. I called and was trying to figure out what was going on, and apparently Hector found the money and doubled it then made the donation in our names. I lost my love not long after that, but Hector and Louis are some of my closest friends now. Louis runs dispatch and Hector is his husband and that’s how desperation, some bad chemo and a truly amazing couple introduced us to Maybach. We were recently together for Christmas!

    Edit: Holy moly all… thank you so much for the support, the messages and the well wishes! I wrote this just before I laid down in the on call room, and got so busy before I left with a difficult patient that I crashed when I got home. I woke up and went for a long run and cleaned up for a dinner out with friends. I just got home and decided to check the news and I’m steamrolled with messages and posts. I will attempt to get back to everyone, but if I miss you I apologize.

    I thank you all for the support messages mostly! It’s very difficult to lose that perfect person for you so early in life, but I’ve come to appreciate the time we were given and I wouldn’t change it for all the tea in China. Sharing our stories and the moments we had together help keep the memories alive.

    Edit2: I’m working on replying to everyone. I’m an hour in and I think it’s growing. Thank everyone for the support. It’s a weird roller coaster sharing all this and I’ve left Hector a message so he and Louis can get some of this love.

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