October 22nd

There are times when you might feel completely helpless and yet just your presence will make a difference. A few years ago on October 22nd my son who was just a few weeks old at the time was transferred by ambulance to intensive care nursery in a life-threatening condition. He was suffering from severe pain and fever. At the hospital, they were giving him medicine, paracetamol and morphine at regular intervals. He was connected to all sorts of very fragile cables and tubes that I would tore off just by holding him. Most of the time he would scream from pain with all his forces. It was heartbre...