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[quote=Anonymous]OP here (again)

If this were a soap opera, I would swoop in just about now with a tidy summary of a clean ending to all of this.

But that doesn't happen. And of course I don't want it to; what mother would? The pain goes on, but so does the chance to comfort.

Yet I feel like making another deposit here since so many of you have generously taken your time to help out by posting even the most modest of tender replies.

My daughter is still with us. She is oblivious but breathes softly. Time passes while I caress and count the ceiling tiles.

That young nurse in those whimsical scrubs, brown hair caught up carelessly in a scrunchie, stops in to take vitals.

She pauses to say, "She's doing well, blood pressure good and heart rate and temp normal.", and I regard her. She, too, is someone else's daughter, deeply-loved I am sure.  She took time out of her day to tell me this, unlike others before her who just routinely did their job without comment.

I smile and say, "Oh, OK, I appreciate that so much."

She is caught off-guard.

I continue, "You seem to know what you're doing, thank you for taking good care of my daughter.".

She is still unsure of my motive, but we share that moment. Every moment now seems like a microcosm, because it could be the last.

A helicopter lands overhead; someone else's heart-ache has just begun.

But you know what? I am actually feeling OK at the moment. I actually foresee being able to survive this.

Maybe it is self-indulgent to return to this oasis and pour out my thoughts yet again. Well, if it is, there you have it. I will do what it takes to take the next step.[/quote]

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