I was five when my mother fell seriously ill. She went to another country for a few days to visit relatives, and returned home only after a few months ... Of course, I do not remember many details, due to age, but I will remember my feelings in those long hard months forever.
Mobile phones at that time were not there, so the news that my mother very badly came to us a few days after her departure. They called us the very relatives to whom she went. It was reported that my mother was ill on the train, and on arrival at the station she was immediately taken to the ambulance to the hospital. Carried out all the necessary tests and manipulations. We diagnosed: acute pyelonephritis, and even in a complicated form, since a lot of time has passed since the first symptoms appeared. Conclusion of doctors: surgery is necessary. Where she was, there was no possibility of carrying out this operation according to the documents. Therefore, after some time, doctors decided to transport my mother to Moscow. But my father and all our relatives wanted my mother to return to our hometown, where we could be with her and give her all the necessary help and support. Doctors in Moscow categorically refused, arguing for their refusal by saying that their mother might simply not survive another transportation, and that the operation should be done as soon as possible. But my father, at his own peril and risk, still decided to go and take her. Now, thinking about it, I understand that this was the most correct decision, which he could only accept, since if my mother stayed in Moscow and after the operation did not survive, I would not have been able to see her at least the last time…
The operation was long and hard. Rehabilitation took even longer and harder. Mom spent a long time in the intensive care unit, nobody was allowed to go to her, the risk of death was too great. Finally, when she was transferred to the ward, her father saw him and just sobbed. He sobbed not because of the longing or long expectation of a meeting, not from suffering or many days of experience. No. He sobbed because he did not expect to see my mother like this - exhausted, gray, very exhausted. A huge scar on my stomach from the side ... It was hard to see ... But, most importantly, my mother was alive and gradually was on the mend. Endless bandages, terribly painful procedures, Lord, how much suffering my mother suffered, what strength of mind she and we needed to overcome all this! Now it's even frightening to think about it.
What about me? Until the end of everything that happens, of course, I did not understand. But there were a number of things that forever fell into my memory and make me cry until now. I'll tell you about one of them. When my mother's illness had just started, and she, being in that other country, realized that she would not soon see me, collected and sent me a parcel with charming gifts from the bottom of her heart. She also knew that she could never see me again ... I write, and tears in my eyes. Among the gifts was a nice rag doll, which my mother so diligently chose. Seeing this doll, my girlfriend immediately offered to exchange it for something that she has ... And I exchanged ... The next day came awareness and remorse. Although I was only five years old. Well, how could I give someone the most expensive news from my mother? Only then, when my mother recovered, we went and exchanged this doll back, and I still keep it and the shore.
25 years have passed, now everything is fine with us, despite the fact that the huge scar of my mother has remained forever, and the consequences of the transferred illness often make themselves felt. But most importantly, she is alive, we are together, our family has become very strong after all that has happened. Now I do not live with my parents, I have my own life, my own family. But my mother still remains for me the most important person in life, with horror I think that she might no longer be with us, but then I drive these thoughts. After all, she is with us. And this is a miracle.
Take care of your parents, spend as much time with your family as possible, appreciate every minute when they are around. In fact, while they are alive, we are really happy people, and we can still be children ...