This morning I was at the Alberta's Children Hospital for Penelope's Infant Repositioning Class. I had been to the ACH previously as my pre-natal classes were held there when I was pregnant with Finley so this wasn't my first experience there.
From the outside, it looks like it is made out of lego, something you had built as a child in your basement. Even the inside is amazing. Benches are ocean waves, it is bright and airy - the complete opposite of any other regular hospital that you encounter. It is full of life, love, laughter, color and yet it is one of the most depressing places I have ever been to.
Because when you look past the happy, bright decor you see sick children. Children the same age as Finley + Penelope that are attached to machines and stuck in beds. Some are lucky enough that they will get better and will be able to live a normal life and some will not. Some may not make it to their 2nd birthday.
Yes I realize not everything that happens at the ACH is bad, that there are a lot of specialists there for non life threatening ailments that face children but you automatically assume the worst when you go there.
Parents are losing a child, children are losing friends, siblings......it is just so unimaginable to myself and am hoping that it is something that I will never have to face nor any of my friends + family either.
And to think I have been having sleepless nights over a flat head and the idea of Penelope in a band.
Like I said, a humbling experience
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