For more than six years my sister, Mary, has been suffering from chronic depression and fatigue syndrome.
Following the death of her only daughter, Kimberly, and the admission by her husband that he had been cheating on her, my sister’s physical condition literally deteriorated from being a vibrant active social individual to a frail, fragile unsociable bed ridden stranger. The transformation was so drastic that she was almost unrecognizable.
Sadly, this past week, my only sister decided to take matters into her own hands by attempting suicide. Thankfully her husband found her, got her to the hospital where she was admitted to it’s intensive care unite … her condition, critical! And for the next forty-eight hours we held our breath, praying that it wasn’t her time to leave us. This past Friday, at around 4:16 am, my sister regained consciousness. Talk about being able to exhale! ... I was overcome with joy!
At this time, Sis remains in intensive care and if her condition improves over the weekend she will then be transferred to the physic ward where she will undergo physiological evaluation and rehabilitation.
No matter how you may feel or believe about suicide, I believe that God totally understands as why my sister chose to attempt the act. I, of all persons can relate to her decision cause I too attempted suicide some 30 plus years ago. There came a period of time when I felt and believed that I was no longer a valuable part of life, thus I wanted out. I’m not saying that this was my sister’s feelings, but I’ll bet that it was somewhere close. And I want to tell you, feeling that you don’t belong or matter … yeah, emotionally you are dead and at this point I found no reason to be around. Thankfully, I didn’t succeed.
Following the death of her only daughter, Kimberly, and the admission by her husband that he had been cheating on her, my sister’s physical condition literally deteriorated from being a vibrant active social individual to a frail, fragile unsociable bed ridden stranger. The transformation was so drastic that she was almost unrecognizable.
Sadly, this past week, my only sister decided to take matters into her own hands by attempting suicide. Thankfully her husband found her, got her to the hospital where she was admitted to it’s intensive care unite … her condition, critical! And for the next forty-eight hours we held our breath, praying that it wasn’t her time to leave us. This past Friday, at around 4:16 am, my sister regained consciousness. Talk about being able to exhale! ... I was overcome with joy!
At this time, Sis remains in intensive care and if her condition improves over the weekend she will then be transferred to the physic ward where she will undergo physiological evaluation and rehabilitation.
No matter how you may feel or believe about suicide, I believe that God totally understands as why my sister chose to attempt the act. I, of all persons can relate to her decision cause I too attempted suicide some 30 plus years ago. There came a period of time when I felt and believed that I was no longer a valuable part of life, thus I wanted out. I’m not saying that this was my sister’s feelings, but I’ll bet that it was somewhere close. And I want to tell you, feeling that you don’t belong or matter … yeah, emotionally you are dead and at this point I found no reason to be around. Thankfully, I didn’t succeed.
Until Tomorrow ...
No comments:
Post a Comment