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Mother on Her Deathbed (possibly) UPDATE! GOOD NEWS

  • 30-10-2007 6:26am
    #1
    ellisdee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi all,
    Thanks for all the replies and sorry for late response. I don't know how to edit the original post. As per the above the op on Friday went well and she was talking today. The basically operated to clear out the infection because it was so bad. Still a bit to go but much much better than a few days ago. As per my previous post I talked about a sense of "acceptance". I think this definitely was shock. On a rational level I could accept the odds weren't good and that plans would have to be made. On an emotional level I wasn't anywhere near that. I quickly moved from cursing GOD to pleading all sorts of extremities.(if you would like me to elaborate further I will). I can't believe how much of a difference two or three days can make to your life.

    Again thanks for you support. I have one more question. It will probably get moved to another section. What happens when you really(really) pray for something and it comes about?

    A:Dismiss it as something that would have happened anyway? (Science is science).
    B:Accept it as a miracle?

    The conratdiction is apparent to me that if she died I wouldn't have blamed God for killing her, I would have accepted it as the way of life and illness. However it doesn't seem as easy to accept the opposite? I probably am to close and emotionally invested in the situation to see it clearly. Any views would be appreciated.

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    Marksie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,395 ✭✭✭Marksie


    Hi,
    I am glad to hear that a corner has been turned OP. Thanks for the Update

    I hope it continues.

    I am not sure that this post qualifies as further continuation of PI tbh, more like a humanities discussion


  • #3
    CathyMoran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,458 ✭✭✭CathyMoran


    It was touch and go with me for a while after oesophageal cancer surgery. A lot of people were praying for me so I believe that it was a miracle, I had the priests coming around saying "so you are the miracle girl". It depends on what you believe in but I found it easier to accept that it was a miracle. I was reading an article a while ago that said that sometimes miracles require a lot of work, so that is how I rationalise it.

    You did help your mum still be here - I know from experience, I had a chance to go and my husband being there, crying begging me to stay made all the difference. The bond that I now have with him as a result of what we went through is the strongest thing that I have experienced in my life - to say that I love him is an understatement.


  • #4
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Prayer won't do any harm, and will keep your mind thinking about something else.


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