[kj] OT - Saddest days of my life

[fatpotanga]

Oh Javier, that's awful.
Like Alex I too have a similarly aged daughter & can't even begin to know
how you must be feeling.

My heart goes out to you & your wife

Much love

Jamie



On 9/6/06 17:48, "Javier Garcia" wrote:

> I've been away for almost 4 weeks.Went for vacation to Acapulco with my wife
> and my daughter to spent
> a whole week there.
> Sunday May 21st: While driving my car on the
> highway returning to Mexico City, my little girl, Jimena, gone sick
> (actually she was barely sick of an apparently low flu since a
> couple of days before), the look on her face was pretty sad with no
> energy (an unusual thing on a little 2 and a half y.o. girl). We
> stopped on Chilpancingo (a city about 2.5 hours far from Mexico
> City) and took Jimena t a hospital, the Dr. told us to take her to
> a hospital in Mexico City, Jimena may had a severe stomach
> infection.
> We arrived to Mexico City and took my weak little girl quickly to
> the hospital. After about three hours, the Doctors told my wife and
> i that Jimena had an important/dangerous lung infection. We spent a
> whole week in the hospital, only leaving for little whiles to eat,
> take a bath and feed the dogs. My little girl went very bad, then
> her health turn better, we were optimistic. Sadly on monday morning
> / may 29th, the Drs. made my daughter some studies and things went
> very bad since then. One lung was almost healed, but the other one
> was in pretty bad shape. The fucking virus was ver aggressive and
> destructive. As the virus advenced my baby, went into septic shock.
> The doctors told my wife and i that things were not optimistic for
> my little girl.
> 
> Jimena died that monday may 29th about 6:30 pm at the age of 2
> years, 6 months and 10 days old.
> 
> Words can't explain the mix of frustration, anger and deep sadness
> that my wife and I felt the days after. It was unbelievable.
> Why? Why a gorgeus happy energetic girl?... and while i have a -now
> 12 y.o.- son (that lives with his mother) that still makes me feel
> important, Jimena was my beloved little princess. I don't know you
> guys, but i think a daughter changes your life as father more than
> a son. Those little girls can really touch you deep into your
> heart, and make you feel many new feelings. At least that made
> Jimena to me.
> It hasn't been two weeks yet since she passed away, and of course
> my wife and i still cry sometimes (and still will), but the hardest
> moments have gone away. Now we focus on the happiness and the
> beautiful energy that Jimena brought to our world, on the amazing
> strenght that she showed us in the hospital after a whole week on
> bed and still showing that wonderful smile and high spirit.
> 
> Now it's just about time, not to forget, but to heal the hurts and
> only leave scars.
> 
> Javier
> mexico city
> 

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