My friend's son and his wife have just had a still born baby. The pain and trauma for all concerned are both evident and profoundly touching. I have had friends who have had miscarriages and I have friends who have lost their children. Not of this is easy to think about or deal with. What is clear is you cannot leave these people out their on their own because you find it too upsetting. Organisations such as SANDS quietly operate around these sad circumstances to bring relief and a way for us all to deal with this. Hospital staff are also becoming aware of how much the human touch will help people through a life changing event such as this. It's a body blow for everyone and those who have taken the hit and those who know just have to rally and hold each other together. My friend is such so upset by losing his grandson. He is , at least, a man who talks and so you get to know what this means for everyone concerned. He was talking about the hospital staff and I am blogging this because maybe the hospital staff are unclear as to how much they have done and how much they have helped. They gathered everyone to support the Mum and new Dad. It has torn into their hearts but the thing which is helping him and the bereaved parents is the fact they were all together...and then he was talking about a little teddy they all got. He said it was just a little teddy with something nice written from someone. He has put it in a place of honour and he looks at it and the little teddy is helping him...because he and the grandma and the other grandparents have a big job ahead of them to keep the young ones going. He is so deeply moved by how much the hospital staff cared and how well they manage these sorts of things...and the little teddy is there to remind him all is not lost.
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