Heart Attacks!
He has never seen his father so happy. May be a person is the happiest when he plays with his grand children. He was laughing so loud, jiggling his whole body. It was a fine Saturday evening.
It is another jolly-holy Sunday. Everyone went to church. He also went for the service, and was watching the TV, while it happened. His father was calling aloud from his bedroom. First his mother went and mean time someone came, so she was sent to suss out the visitor. After a while, he heard his father calling out loud again, this time by his name. He forthwith went to his room, as he sensed something unusual in his father’s voice. His father was rolling in the bed with pain and asked him to rub down his back. His father was in the 60s, but a quite healthy man. His father was trying to cough vigorously, as if he had some trouble to breath. He had no idea what to do, but he tried to knead his back, baffled what is going on. By the time, everyone in the house came… and some one was shouting to rub his father’s chest. Things were going out of control, and everyone got alarmed. They decided to take him to the hospital immediately.
He ran out and kept his car ready to go. Mean while his father dressed himself, with some help from others. As they walked him to the car, he suddenly knelt down, pressing both hands on his chest and screaming with pain. Himself and others squalled, but he wonder whether his father heard them. They immediately dragged him to the car. But he was a tall, well-built guy and was quite heavy. Somehow everyone managed to the car, but his father had collapsed and couldn’t stand or walk.
The next thing he remembers is zipping to the nighest hospital. Just a few meters from his home, his father tried to stretch his legs, and made a low noise. Within minutes they were in the hospital, but being Sunday, most of the staff was off. The family had to again get him to the stretcher and his father was put in a bed in the Intensive Care Unit. They tried giving injections and even shock, but the Electro Cardio Graph didn’t show any slope of hope. Doctor called him aside and confirmed his father’s demise. He stood there stunned, bemused and enfeebled. It was something any son couldn’t stand! Being the eldest son, he had to help his widowed mother and fatherless siblings get thru this greatest disaster in the family.
When looking back, he still thinks that there are some things in life from which there is no absolute recuperation. His father left them because of a heart attack, but the heart attack was for the whole family... and still attacks!
It is another jolly-holy Sunday. Everyone went to church. He also went for the service, and was watching the TV, while it happened. His father was calling aloud from his bedroom. First his mother went and mean time someone came, so she was sent to suss out the visitor. After a while, he heard his father calling out loud again, this time by his name. He forthwith went to his room, as he sensed something unusual in his father’s voice. His father was rolling in the bed with pain and asked him to rub down his back. His father was in the 60s, but a quite healthy man. His father was trying to cough vigorously, as if he had some trouble to breath. He had no idea what to do, but he tried to knead his back, baffled what is going on. By the time, everyone in the house came… and some one was shouting to rub his father’s chest. Things were going out of control, and everyone got alarmed. They decided to take him to the hospital immediately.
He ran out and kept his car ready to go. Mean while his father dressed himself, with some help from others. As they walked him to the car, he suddenly knelt down, pressing both hands on his chest and screaming with pain. Himself and others squalled, but he wonder whether his father heard them. They immediately dragged him to the car. But he was a tall, well-built guy and was quite heavy. Somehow everyone managed to the car, but his father had collapsed and couldn’t stand or walk.
The next thing he remembers is zipping to the nighest hospital. Just a few meters from his home, his father tried to stretch his legs, and made a low noise. Within minutes they were in the hospital, but being Sunday, most of the staff was off. The family had to again get him to the stretcher and his father was put in a bed in the Intensive Care Unit. They tried giving injections and even shock, but the Electro Cardio Graph didn’t show any slope of hope. Doctor called him aside and confirmed his father’s demise. He stood there stunned, bemused and enfeebled. It was something any son couldn’t stand! Being the eldest son, he had to help his widowed mother and fatherless siblings get thru this greatest disaster in the family.
When looking back, he still thinks that there are some things in life from which there is no absolute recuperation. His father left them because of a heart attack, but the heart attack was for the whole family... and still attacks!
posted by think_free at 12:40 PM
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When you were 8 years old,
your dad handed you an ice cream
You thanked him by dripping it all over your lap.
When you were 9 years old,
he paid for piano lessons.
You thanked him by never even bothering to practice.
When you were 10 years old,
he drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastics to one
birthday party after another.
You thanked him by jumping out of the car and never looking back.
When you were 11 years old,
he took you and your friends to the movies.
You thanked him by asking to sit in a different row.
When you were 12 years old,
he warned you not to watch certain TV shows.
You thanked him by waiting until he left the house.
When you were 13,
he suggested a haircut that was becoming.
You thanked him by telling him he had no taste.
When you were 14,
he paid for a month away at summer camp.
You thanked him by forgetting to write a single letter.
When you were 15,
he came home from work, looking for a hug.
You thanked him by having your bedroom door locked.
When you were 16,
he taught you how to drive his car.
You thanked him by taking it every chance you could.
When you were 17,
he was expecting an important call.
You thanked him by being on the phone all night.
When you were 18,
he cried at your high school graduation.
You thanked him by staying out partying until dawn.
When you were 19,
he paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags.
You thanked him by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you
wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.
When you were 25,
he helped to pay for your wedding, and he cried and told you how
deeply he loved you.
You thanked him by moving halfway across the country.
When you were 50,
he fell ill and needed you to take care of him.
You thanked him by reading about the burden parents become to
their children.
And then, one day, he quietly died. And everything you never did
came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART.
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