Wednesday, November 24, 2010

This day before Thanksgiving

I have one son in Hawaii and one son upstairs asleep. It has been a rough couple of days as an EMT for the second son. He performed CPR on a 26 year old man who succumbed to whatever illness he had. "CPR is hard Mom."

I don't say much - just listen. I am grateful for the friends that my son has made with the other EMT's. They talk about what they have seen with each other; sometimes jokes are said just between them. Illness and death are a hard business to be in. They keep each other grounded.

3 comments:

B. WHITTINGTON said...

I'm thankful for ALL EMT's this Thanksgiving. We've had to use them more than I'd like for R's health issues. They are God-sent! So give son a hug for me and say thanks.

Have a blessed holiday.
Barb

east village idiot said...

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. I'm sure that S1 in Hawaii misses all of you so much.

jodi said...

Barb, I have to use EMT's once and it felt like the calvary had come in to save the day. Have a great Thanksgiving.

EVI, Happy Thanksgiving. S1 has had one dinner and will have another today. But sent us a note to ask for a phone call (like we would forget :-).