Let me tell you that I was hard at work on Monday finishing up several projects so I can start some new ones. I kept getting important phone calls which lead me to new projects. At the end of the day, I had plans to visit a wake for a friend of mine who had just lost his 9 month old son, who was born prematurely. I would just like to tell you the impact of Bradley Oliver in my life.
I first met Bradley when I was visiting a friend of mine who just had a baby, also early-but only by four weeks. I was already sad to be going into see little Mason who was hooked up to tubes. I am a real cryer, you know. I was escorted in with the father of Mason and we saw this little boy running around the NICU. We asked the nurses where his parents were.
They said, "Oh, that's Gregory. I'll get his father." Gregory has lots of energy for a five year old boy. This was familiar territory to him as he spent the first few years of his life in this very NICU. I saw his father and to my surprise it was my old co-worked Tom. Tom greeting me after wrangling up Gregory. I asked him if Gregory was doing ok and why they were here. He told me that thier second son had been here for 8 months and they had thier own room. I told him after I saw baby Mason, I would come back to see Bradley.
I was already trembling at the thought of seeing baby Mason hooked up to all those tubes. I did ok, he is so incredibly sweet looking. He looked very healthy and I was happy to meet him.
Then I asked the nurse to get Tom so I could visit with him. Don't worry, I was thourghouly scrubbed down so I don't pass any germs-hospital rules. Tom came out with Gregory and showed me where they were.
They had thier own room at the NICU. There was a nice baby bed, not like a little incubator would look. So it looked more like a baby's room. They had so many pictures of Bradley, Gregory and thier parents. The whole family are huge Cardnial fans-that is St. Louis Baseball for those of you not into baseball or St. Louis sports teams. There was a big stuffed Red Bird and lots of fun stuff for Bradley to look at. It was very home-like. As much as could be for a room in the NICU. Bradley was struggling, but looked very somber in his grandmother's arms. I think I got a half smile out of him. I was pleased with that and left shortly so I didn't impose on grandma time.
I went to pick up my phone to call Tom to see how little Bradley was doing. I saw on my Blackberry that I had a new email. It was an announcement for the times and dates of the wake/funeral for little Bradley.
We went to the wake and the reception line was enormous. I just wanted to let you know, that even though little Bradley was only here for 9 short months. His impact on the world touched so many lives. Just to let you know-Gregory and Mason are both doing very well and healthy. Rember to hug those today that you love in rememberance of baby Bradley.
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