10 Days

10 days.  It is something that I have been thinking about today.  10 days is enough for some countries to fight wars and is long enough to 'look younger' or even 'shake the world'.  Unfortunately it can change whole lives as well.  Today I saw a little family who 10 days ago had a normal little baby; a beautiful, intelligent, interactive little boy.  He might have been a little floppy and he may have been a little behind his peers, but if they just "gave him enough time" he would catch up. 

Today they have a baby who likely won't make it to his first birthday.  Statistically the odds are against him.  It is so hard to sit back, knowing what is in the future for these families.  What have I got to offer?  What has anyone really to offer?  Oh I can do my job.  I can get him feeding well and get him positioned so he can play well.  I can do that and more, but what I think they need more than anything else, is to have someone walk beside them.  I am hoping that we can do that.  I am hoping that I can do that.  I am hoping that this family has the same kind of support they I had and our family had when we walked that same walk.  It is incredible to me how much lives can change in that week.  It is incredible how much I hurt for them.  I hope that I can make that path easier for them.  It is not an easy path, but perhaps my team can make that road smoother than it would otherwise have been.  We can't stop them hurting, but perhaps by hurting with them, it will make them feel less alone.