Do you think it's okay to gain strength from someone else's tragedy? It's a tough question but I think my answer is 'yes.' Kinda like being thankful for what we have.
When my daughter was at Sick Kid's and I was feeling sorry for myself I would make myself go see the other sick children...the one's that had little hope.
One little guy named Anthony was a cute little 16 month old waiting for a liver transplant. I used to sneak him out of his room for a ride down the hall while his mom took a break. This little guy was smiley like Zarrah and you would never know that his time was limited. He was weak and needed a liver soon or he was going to die...he ended up getting a liver but dying from complications.
Another named Elisa was in NICU with Zarrah. She was born prematurely, 23 weeks I think, and had heart complications because of this. Her parents weren't even there with her and her chance of surviving the night were slim.
I used dire situations like this to give me hope for Zarrah. Yes she was very sick but her odds were much better than a lot of the children fighting for their lives at Sick Kids. Zarrah's issues were surgical and in time should be fixed.
One little girl I became friends with was 3 years old, with long blond hair, sweet little smile but almost nothing to her. She was completely dependant on a feeding tube although there was no explanation for it her dad said. Relying on a feeding tube all the time eventually starts breaking your body down. She just wouldn't eat. And you can't force someone to eat...so sad. The only thing she would eat by mouth was popcorn..ha. Problem was it really mucked up her feeding tube. You can probably guess what I did??...Ha...I got her some popcorn and flushed out her feeding tube after for her dad. My reward?..A nice big smile that broke my heart.
So by understanding how seriously ill most of these children were I was able to gain strength for Zarrah. And I hope others used Zarrah's situation the same way...to get something positive out of it...
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