I just had news that a friend of mine is very ill.
By marguicha
@marguicha (230365)
Chile
June 3, 2023 11:02am CST
Sometimes I feel that some people have all the luck and others have none.
My friend Manuel comes from a poor family and he studied with several scholarships. He is intelligent and got married to a very nice girl who was disowned by her family whe she married him.
They had a baby who was so ill that doctors said he he die soon. Manuel begged them to do all for him and the baby survived. Now she is around 40 but is severely handicapped and has not even learned to talk.
As Pabla got a better paid job, Manuel stayed at home to take care of him.
Now they found a brain tumor in Manuel´s head that is growing and can´t be taken out with surgery. He is dying, can´t move his arms of legs so that he is in a wheelchair and is not ble to talk anymore. His wife is now working online so that she can take care of both of them.
Sometimes we are unhappy with what we got out of life, but I think that we must also learn to count our blessings.
I don´t have the least idea what can I do to help them
My friend Manuel comes from a poor family and he studied with several scholarships. He is intelligent and got married to a very nice girl who was disowned by her family whe she married him.
They had a baby who was so ill that doctors said he he die soon. Manuel begged them to do all for him and the baby survived. Now she is around 40 but is severely handicapped and has not even learned to talk.
As Pabla got a better paid job, Manuel stayed at home to take care of him.
Now they found a brain tumor in Manuel´s head that is growing and can´t be taken out with surgery. He is dying, can´t move his arms of legs so that he is in a wheelchair and is not ble to talk anymore. His wife is now working online so that she can take care of both of them.
Sometimes we are unhappy with what we got out of life, but I think that we must also learn to count our blessings.
I don´t have the least idea what can I do to help them10 people like this
10 responses
@Treborika (18216)
• Mombasa, Kenya
3 Jun 23
You can help them with whatever you have. A helping hand is never short to reach the needy
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@Treborika (18216)
• Mombasa, Kenya
3 Jun 23
@marguicha I hope you will lend a helping hand to the family.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
3 Jun 23
@Treborika I wish I knew how to do something.
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@AmbiePam (121321)
• United States
3 Jun 23
Oh, bless their hearts. I will put them in my prayers. I know it may not seem like much, but maybe you can send a letter, or call them to talk (obviously HE can't speak). I think you are so right about counting our blessings, and thank you for reminding me of that today.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
3 Jun 23
I believe in colective prayers. I will also tell Dixie to put him in her list as she has a group the gets together to pray for the ill.
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@wolfgirl569 (136117)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Jun 23
Nothing you can really do except be there to listen if needed
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
4 Jun 23
Thank you. Prayers and good vibes are all we can do now.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
4 Jun 23
@marguicha You are so very welcome.
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@celticeagle (190127)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Jun 23
I sure agree about luck. Counting my blessings is sometimes all that I can do. I am sure sorry to hear this woman has such handicaps. What a life. But her dad has her in his life. That was what he wanted so badly.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
4 Jun 23
I´ll be as near as I can. I´m not very near her. I am - was more friend to her husband.
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@LindaOHio (222978)
• United States
4 Jun 23
I'm so sorry. You can let them know that you are there to support them. Our problems pale under something like this.
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@MarieCoyle (59451)
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4 Jun 23
Oh, how terribly sad. It's truly heartbreaking. Sounds like there is a lot of love there.
Do you live fairy close to them, can you maybe make them some dinner or something? Maybe that is not done there, taking a dinner to a family sick or whatever, I grew up doing that so it's always something I try to do. When a person is a caregiver, especially one that has another job and has to do that, a meal all fixed and ready to warm up and eat just gives that person such a good break. I am truly sorry that your friend is so sick, Marga.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
4 Jun 23
They live very far away from me. I wouldn´t even know how to go.
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@MarieCoyle (59451)
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5 Jun 23
@marguicha
I am sorry you are so far from them, all you can really do is be available if they want you to call and talk to them.
