Thursday I got word that two of my friend's lost their son's

United States
December 21, 2008 2:57am CST
Thursday was a bad day. Two of my friend's told me they lost their son's. One friend had a son on a ventilator in the hospital and I knew he was ill and not expected to make it. I got word that he had passed on and went to be with the lord. A few minutes of getting the phone call about that I picked up my mail and got a letter from a friend who wrote to tell me she had lost her son in July. She had not written and told me before that. The second mother lost her son from cirrhosis of the liver from alcoholism and he was bleeding internally for 19 hours before he died and he died alone. What a way to go. I prayed and I cried for both of those mothers. What a horrible thing for a mother to have to go through to have to bury their own child. Dying from cirrhosis is such a horrible way to dye because it is so slow. Being a nurse I have seen the affects of alcoholism on the liver and other parts of the body. I use to hate taking care of alcoholics. Needless to say what ever he died from I am so sorry that a mother had to bury her son. The most comforting thing in all of this is both mothers are very strong in their faith and belief in the lord. They both know that their son's are up in heaven walking with Jesus. I am glad that my friend's have their religion. Have you ever gotten news from two different people that their loved ones have died in the same day? If so how did you handle it?
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
21 Dec 08
I never have gotten bad news like that back to back. It does seem like we get alot of it though. It is so sad that parents lose their kids, we are just supposed to go first. I cannot imagine how you are feeling.
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@aseretdd (13729)
• Philippines
21 Dec 08
That is so very sad... i don't know what i will do if i will be in the situation of your friends... and the only thing i could think of is take my own life... since if i lose my daughter... i don't have anymore purpose in this world... i think the saddest thing that could happen to a parent is to bury their own child... and that i do not ever want to experience...
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• United States
21 Dec 08
I do not thing any parent wants to lose their children unless it was my mom. She begged for us twins to die so she would not have to raise us. That is another story. I do not know what I would do if I lost my son or daughter. It would be really, really hard to go on with life.