At least it is not her head.
At least it is not her heart!
At least it is not her brain.
You, reader, might agree with these sentiments but I do
not. People whose children are
whole and without problems say these things. Parents of children who are injured don’t talk like
this. They don’t examine your
pain, your loss, your feelings about your child’s injury, and weigh that
against some greater imagined injury.
It means nothing to look on the Brightside when directed by others. Surely, we all know that in some ways
we are lucky not to have a child with a greater injury but given the mechanism
of injury, we were truly only lucky that she did not also have brain
damage.
So it ended up that her brain was not damaged but I would
ask you, reader, to do a few things for me. Reach your hand out in front of you—shoulder level. Now out to the side. Put your hand behind your back or over
your head. Brush your hair. Put your glasses on or your make up. These things she cannot do.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. My 2 year old grandson just came out of the cast from his tendon transfer. Now we have the challenges of his rehab and brace use. We thank God for each new movement in his arm. This is a life long journey of trials and joys, which few people will ever understand.
ReplyDeleteGood luck and god bless. Please keep in touch and let me know how the tendon transfer surgery goes. It is definitely a joy after that cast comes off. It takes maybe a week or two but we saw improvements. I remember Hera reaching up over her head with both arms (!) to grab a tree branch. I still have those pictures. It is one of my favorite days ever. Even now the doctors are amazed at how much range of motion she has. You know they have to minimize expectations but you should hope because it is possible she is almost at 180(!) out in front. Again many wishes of good luck.
DeleteHow old is she now? How is she doing?
ReplyDeleteHi Valentina,
DeleteHera is now 5 years old. She is doing great. I feel a little guilty about publishing these stories in chronological order. I think maybe I will go ahead and write a little more on the description to let people understand about how I am publishing my thoughts. It was such a difficult time in our lives and we have certainly come out the other side but I could not have written the stories when we were going through it. I tried. There is a lot of swearing. Ha. Thank you for the comment.
How old is she and how is she doing now?
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