I wish you both the joy of recovery and reunion, more light, and shorter
tunnels.
Joel W.
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012, at 09:07 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> I was so full of our own good outcome (he came home yesterday, 100% apart
> from his shoulder) that I confess I'd forgotten your desperate situation.
> Having had just a small taste of it, I can now fully appreciate the grim
> misery of your situation. I know one learns to cope - but how?
> Good luck for getting through yet another trough.
> I hope the ICU there is as good as the trauma unit that treated my son -
> it was remarkable.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 09/02/2012, at 1:44 AM, Don Holbrook wrote:
>
> > At any rate, it's not a bad verse to ponder as one enters one's third
> > week sitting in the Intensive Care Unit at Maine Medical Center. Ben's
> > developed Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, likely as a result of
> > so much time in surgery, and his lungs are having a devil of a time
> > absorbing oxygen. It's a reversible condition, especially in one so
> > young, but it takes time and time and more time. So we're in for a
> > long haul, but there's a bit of light down there toward the end of the
> > tunnel. Not much, but a bit, and right now, a bit is enough.
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