My sister lives today. She has lived for the past several days, against all odds. It seems her liver is regenerating now that the alcohol has metabolized and is out of her system. She is still in a coma.
I don't know how to feel. Will this mean she might continue to live and recover from the coma? Will she live...only to drink again? I fear this may be the outcome. In some period of time we will all be back in this same place once again.
Or could this be that which happens often with people on the verge of death--a sudden short recovery, the appearance of good health returning, and then suddenly it is all over.
While there is life, there is hope. I'm just not sure what to hope for.
There's always the wish that things end up as they were meant to be. The sorrow is yours, but the real burden is not yours; it lies elsewhere.
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