There they were, so distraught and so young. My parents had just gotten married a year before mama gave birth to my first sibling, Rena. She was absolutely beautiful with her golden, shiny hair and green eyes. Everyone was shocked to see how long she was for a baby, and how blond her hair was for an Assyrian baby. My mom was the happiest person until my 3 month old sister stopped eating and kept throwing up. From a healthy and a very energetic baby suddenly became shockingly sick. The doctors didn't know what was wrong with Rena. They checked every part of her, and did all the tests. Nothing came up. She started withering away in front of my 19-year-old distressed mother.
My mom spent those three days doing the impossible and just crying because she had started losing hope. The medicine the doctor prescribed wasn't working. My father felt helpless because he couldn't do anything to save his daughter, but only console his wife.
On the last night that Rena was alive, mom and dad were sitting right next to each other watching her take her breaths strenuously in her little bassinet. She finally went to asleep as my parents vigilantly looked over her. My mom put her head on my dad's shoulder and her eyes would no longer stay open. My dad's eyes stayed open and focused right on Rena's little chest until she took her last breath. He didn't move and his eyes never left her. A few minutes later, my mom jumped as if someone told her to wake up and quickly peered over the bassinet. She just knew she was gone, "She's gone??" Silence.
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Very nice story. The last part gave me chills. Did they eventually find out what she had? Your story was well written and everything was good. I don't really have much more to say. Can't wait for your next blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you, and no they didn't. She just passed away. The doctors and my parents didn't know what was wrong with her at all.
ReplyDeleteThis was a great blog and very open, I appreciate that very much. I really don’t know what to say, other than your ability to capture a moment in time in which you were not there is a gift. I felt as though I was there, and knowing that you were not amazes me. Great, great blog I appreciated the great story.
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WOW! That must have been hard for you to write about. Thank you for sharing that story with us. I felt so much emotion come over me as i was reading. You did a wonderful job at describing your mother with her sick baby. I can only imagine the pain and suffering that was caused by such a tragic death of a baby.
ReplyDelete"She finally went to asleep as my parents..." I think that you might have meant "finally went to sleep" but the “a” slipped in by accident. Other than this thank you for sharing it was a very well written post. As well as touching.