“How is she?” he asks in return, his voice hesitant, unsure if he wants to hear the answer. What to say in these situations is always tricky. They tell us there’s an art to doing this, which pretty much equates to winging it every time, managing through the hesitation and awkwardness.
^the hard question to ask but i knew i should -- this was me in the ICU visit when my father had to be there. I wanted to curse one doctor, he was lacking empathy, sometimes what we needed was just the tiniest hint of hope, not a hard slap of reality because that it had been playing in our head and what we were already seeing in front of us.
Thanks, Ella! What a journey it must have been from being in that final moments with your father to now witnessing more of that, and being part of that. When my father died, I told myself I wish I pursued being a doctor, but I also realized, my heart would be crushed each time, and this is why I like reading vicariously through narratives like this.
Aaah. Brought tears.
“How is she?” he asks in return, his voice hesitant, unsure if he wants to hear the answer. What to say in these situations is always tricky. They tell us there’s an art to doing this, which pretty much equates to winging it every time, managing through the hesitation and awkwardness.
^the hard question to ask but i knew i should -- this was me in the ICU visit when my father had to be there. I wanted to curse one doctor, he was lacking empathy, sometimes what we needed was just the tiniest hint of hope, not a hard slap of reality because that it had been playing in our head and what we were already seeing in front of us.
Thanks, Ella! What a journey it must have been from being in that final moments with your father to now witnessing more of that, and being part of that. When my father died, I told myself I wish I pursued being a doctor, but I also realized, my heart would be crushed each time, and this is why I like reading vicariously through narratives like this.
Awww this is so sweet of you huhuhu! Thank you for reading this. I feel so much of humanity is revealed in a hospital.