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Originally Posted by tutters  It breaks my heart to read about the sadness others have been through. Susan, I'm so sorry about your parrot. I think the vet made a mistake with Jake the day before he died, but it was in good faith and making anything out of it beyond my calling and discussing it last night won't do any good.
And now my best friend tells me she is having spotting, so I have to wait until she gets a doctor appointment, goes and then gets results. I am so terrified I am going to lose her too. There is just no happiness now, no let up. I wish I were with my Jake and out of all this. |
Sandy, I can understand the hurt; I mean I was just shattered when Minnie died. And then a few weeks later I came an inch from losing an aunt I love very much way too young**.
But every one of us is born with a death sentence. As scary as it is to see someone I love making that journey, as scary as it is that I will too one day, I always think of it this way: I will die because I'm one of the lucky ones, and the same for everyone I have ever loved. The sheer improbability of any of us ever even being born is just staggering. I mean millions of sperm cells and somehow the one that was me is the single one of those millions that survived the night I was conceived. It makes me feel like the biggest winner no matter what is happening in my life, good or bad. So much better than any winning lottery ticket could ever be. So as much as life can really kick you when you're down, I always have to think about the big picture.
Chris
** (she ended up making the most miraculous recovery I have ever seen, against the worst odds I have ever heard a doctor give)