Unnamed Fear!

So what does one do when a doctor orders for some tests?

So what does one do when the tests are for your ageing parents?

So what does one do when you wait anxiously for those test results - unnamed fear in the heart and thinking so hard, that you almost will it to be true?

So what does one do when the specialist answers your query and says, "Ummm....it could be malignant, but we're not sure, so we advice you to go for a second test/opinion"

So what does one do when your best friend calls you and conveys her unnamed, unspoken fears?

I didn't do anything! I didn't even know what to say! I babbled. I mouthed cliches about hoping and praying and hanging in there! I think I was incoherent. I think I failed miserably.

I fear I'm hope-less! (But I'm sending out missives to Him, so don't worry pal, let's be hope-full!)