Candace,
Also nicely stated. Time for people to focus on similarities.
BTW today is Chanukah...so Happy Chanukah. Christmas is also right around the
corner.
> I am hopeful that since you are posting, Cai is doing well
> now.
> Very scary.
>
> But you are right, and it's a phenomena my husband and I
> have noticed as
> well. Be it illness, injury, or other, the person stepping
> into the
> situation seems to have a subconscious awareness that they
> must remain
> calm, thoughtful, and alert. It's as if that person's brain
> assesses the
> situation and makes that immediate determination to remain
> clear and
> focused in a non-panicked fashion, and automatically does
> so.
>
> My daughter was on a heart/apnea monitor for the first 5
> months of her
> life. She had severe reflux and would choke in her sleep
> and just stop
> breathing. I feel for anyone who has to watch their child
> struggle for
> breath. It puts one's priorities in order very quickly.
>
> You are good to remind us that there are many, many things
> much more
> important than our disagreements and differences.
>
> Merry Christmas to all!
>
> Candace
>
>
>
> SwissPace wrote:
> > We all have our problems, My wife and I spent 1 hour
> the night before
> > last trying to get our son's oxygen level back up from
> critical (60 per
> > cent - prolonged lack of oxygen can lead to brain
> damage), I can tell
> > you even 5 minutes is an age under such circumstances
> especially when
> > you are without the support of a hospital
> infrastructure and staff who
> > you can call on.
> >
> > One thing I have observed is that whoever is first
> involved in the
> > incident (me in this case as I watched his O2 level
> slowly drop and not
> > recover like it mostly does) is much more anxious than
> the person coming
> > into the situation, this time my wife. On other
> occasions the situation
> > has been reversed and its been my wife panicking and
> shouting for me and
> > then I am the calm one. I wonder if its because the
> person coming knows
> > they are the last hope or just simply they have had
> more time to assess
> > the situation, a puzzle for the psychiatrists on the
> list.
> >
> > Anyway remember season of goodwill and all ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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