Silent together

even though stories about doctors and dying patients are getting hackneyed..i just LOVED this last line of yours

``So I gave up trying , and just sat next to her until it became so dark that I couldn`t see her anymore.``

the line hit me very strongly..so kudos on your strenght of expressing emotions that cant be expressed.

rizvi.

Aliya, this is something, the awkwardness that one feels when telling parents that their child has a terrible incurable disease, is a feeling that no amount of ``practice`` can cure. It is an utterly terrifying experience - relived over and over again - forever marks on the heart.

I read this and thought of all who have died on my watch - all those who went with a smile, braving it to the end, knowing it all, but still smiling. And the parents left behind.

Anita

Moving.