{"id":1297,"date":"2008-08-03T18:05:23","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T01:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2008-08-03T18:15:56","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T01:15:56","slug":"shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1297","title":{"rendered":"Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Something has always bugged me about the morning that Joshua died.\u00c2\u00a0 I was standing in the ER &#8211; and we knew by the way the Dr took him away from us that something was very wrong.\u00c2\u00a0 Everyone in the room was moving very fast and talking quietly.\u00c2\u00a0 I was holding my coat in front of me and &#8230; just watching.\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know where Eric was, but I know he was there.\u00c2\u00a0 I could only watch the bed where Joshua laid.<\/p>\n<p>But I was not upset.\u00c2\u00a0 I was just standing there.\u00c2\u00a0 At one point a nurse tried to get me to sit down, but I couldn&#8217;t take my eyes away even for a moment.\u00c2\u00a0 To be honest, I was a little insulted that she thought I was that weak.\u00c2\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t going to faint.\u00c2\u00a0 I had never been so focused.<\/p>\n<p>Today I was listening to a story on NPR&#8217;s &#8220;This American Life&#8221; podcast where a young man was in an accident &#8211; he was driving and a bicyclist swerved in front of him and he hit her.\u00c2\u00a0 He described a moment after the accident like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I had the strangest feeling that everyone was responding appropriately to what have been an emergency.\u00c2\u00a0 But I still didn&#8217;t have a feeling there was anything to freak out about.\u00c2\u00a0 This was something that was being fixed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That struck a chord with me.\u00c2\u00a0 I was so sure that the Drs could fix Joshua.\u00c2\u00a0 I think 90% of my earliest grief was simple shock.\u00c2\u00a0 I had taken my child to the ER and they were unable to fix him.<\/p>\n<p>It has always bothered me that I didn&#8217;t somehow worry more about Joshua.\u00c2\u00a0 That I didn&#8217;t wail&#8230;.cry&#8230;.faint.\u00c2\u00a0 I just stood there and watched.\u00c2\u00a0 I watched him die.\u00c2\u00a0 I will never be able to get rid of those memories.\u00c2\u00a0 And, I&#8217;ve been ashamed that I didn&#8217;t respond emotionally.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, at some point in the ER I shut everything down emotionally &#8211; I put it in the box. 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