yesterday i was exhausted. not physically, but emotionally. first, a colleague of mine lost his 23 year old son in iraq. the memorial service was partially televised, and it was so strange to see my coworker and his wife sitting there dressed in black, with a folded flag on their laps, looking stunned and pained at the same time. the war has always angered me, but it has hit even closer to home now.
then i got news that my partner's newborn neice is in the emergency room for seizures. she is only 6 months old. i used to work at a university hospital, so i know the terrifying procedures that can be done to a patient when docs are trying to rule out different illnesses. i was calling on my cell phone throughout the day to receive reports of how things were going.
the latest news is that she's feeling better, but undergoing another 24 hours of brain wave testing today. they have ruled out meningitis and epilepsy, she has no fevers, so they are really stumped. today she had a whole bunch of short seizures, which they captured on tape and with electrical measurements. i only hope she will grow out of this as children with seizures sometimes do. her mom and dad were frantic, now they are just plain worried and weary.
i got so upset when my new indoor kitten (tiger) jumped off my 2nd story deck and disappeared outside for half an hour - it really makes me think... it is so much more intense when it is your human baby suffering or lost or sick. i am not sure i could bear it.
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