DOT 42 : LIFELESS
Daniel (7+ years old)
Tuesday November 12, 2002
“I was shocked to see all those tubes on him …
every limb had some kind of line attached, his hands, even his legs … his body had all those pads and cables … his bed was surrounded by those big machines … the different beep coming from different machines … everything was just intimidating … I couldn’t stand to see him in that way…
and then there was that accordion bag attached to his head, remember?”
Remember?
How could Mom not remember that?
That accordion bag was about the size of your face. It rested on the right side of your cheek, pinned to your pillow. It had a tube coming out of it and the other end was attached to your surgery wound to drain excess blood, or fluid, she cannot remember now which.
Your bed was raised at 45 degrees.
You were sprawled on the bed, looking very uncomfortable, your head on a large pillow. On top of that, you were not covered with a blanket, so Dad and Mum had a full view of what was going on with your whole body.
To say they were shaken by the sight of the many tubes, lines, cables and pads that were on You would be the under-statement of the year.
Dad and Mom were violently traumatized.
The doctor certainly did not prepare Mom for the devastating force that would rip through her heart at the sight of You looking so tragically lifeless and having to depend on all those complicated tubes, lines and equipments for support.
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be <3
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be <3
In aid of Zeebrugge Disaster in 1987.
