A dear child and a greiving family. Please keep them in your prayers.

[Equinox]

Some of you may have been noticing that lately I have been a bit uptight and sometimes over-reacting, passing unfair comment where it is not deserved. This isn't what I usually am and I thought I'd apologise to all of you first, before I try and put across my excuse.

A dear friend of mine, who I have known through internet contact went through a serious stage of depression a few months ago, after his 6y/o daughter, Bethany, was diagnosed with a serious heart defect. After criss-crossing all over America, they finally found a doctor who recommended they see a specialist clinic in the UK.
Just a few days ago, a place became avaliable at the clinic and Bethany was transferred to the ICU ward in preperation for a complex and dangerous operation. The op went down well and a few days later things all seemed to be well. The girl was running around and seemed very happy with her "new heart". Sadly a few days late, she was back on a ventilator after some sort of complication and after nearly 9days of fighting, I got some grave news :
A simple text message saying, "A few hours ago, our baby became an angel".

Now this is a man I've never met, only made contact with over the internet and dont know who he looks like, although his bravery and determindness really sticks with me. I would really appreciate it if you could keep him and his family in your thoughts for the next few days as they go through a period of grievance which no-one can truly understand.

In faith, I believe that it is a true injustice and such a waste of incredible potential and it really hits me deep down.

I have been helping him out as much as I can from where I am and things have been really stressful for me (not that I'm the one who needs support), but just so you understand, I apologise for my behaviour ofver the last few days and will take measures to correct anything which I might have done to offend people.
Thank you for reading and god bless,
~Ben

 

[Artashes]

Ben, this is a horrible time for your friend and we can understand it can reflect on people around them. I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary from you in terms of forum activity, so please just take care of yourself and your friend.

My sincere condolences to your friend.

 

[layerblue]

The loss of a child at any age is a horrible thing for anyone to have to go through. Parents just shouldn't be allowed to outlive their children.

I will definetely keep them in my thoughts.

 

[ldcdc]

That is a most saddening story. It must be incredibly hard for them to go thorough all that, have their hopes so high and then everything end like it did. I will think about them, as you asked us to do.

 

[vito]

Indeed, the worst thing ever is to outlive your children. Very tragic. I simply cannot imagine the grief of losing a child. Simply unimaginable. And the cruelest part of it is that Bethany appeared to be making a recovery, only to abruptly take a turn for the worst.

I will say a prayer for Bethany and her family.

Vito