Marissa received two units of blood (about a quart) in the ER a few weeks ago; one year of heavy menstrual bleeding had left her severely anemic. We discussed less invasive options, but decided to proceed with a hysterectomy.
Then she explained why she needs to be as strong as she can. Her 19 yr old son tried to hang himself last year. Found in a closet, revived, but paraplegic with severe brain damage.
"I'm going to bring him back," she says. Irrational? Sure, and she would probably be first to admit it, but how else can she keep going every day, day after da?
Sunday, October 7, 2012
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I had a client who once had four sons, like me, and in her 50s, like me. Three sons had committed suicide, one after another. Just one left. And I think about my four sons, and how close they are. And how much pain they would experience if even one among them was gone. And how that kind of suffering might have led to her other sons' terrible ends. And the horrible anxiety she must have for the one son left.
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