Friday, July 5, 2019

Split second

Sometimes I feel like Sam and I part of grand jury spending hours deliberating making a life or death decision when it comes to Sonzee's care.  Partly because that is literally what we are doing, minus the whole being paid to sit on a jury component, and partly because we spend so long making sure we weigh the pros and cons of every possible solution to ensure we are making the best possible choice when it comes to Sonzee's life.  Then approximately every 2 months, give or take some time, it seems one split second of time rattles all the confidence we had placed on whatever decision it was we had made.  I wish I knew why my initial reaction is to second guess the decision vs just acknowledging this is simply the beast of CDKL5, but alas that is what occurs.

I wonder if it's because of the fear that occurs wondering if the solution we were hoping would last has in fact failed.  Or maybe it just simply feeling vulnerable because our choice was not correct. (I do know there isn't an actual manual to follow in regards to caring for a child with medical complexities and we do our best, but that doesn't mean I believe it all the time).  Or maybe the choice was the best choice for the time period that has passed but now we have to go back to the deliberation room and review all of our notes knowing we are even more limited this time in our potential band-aids.  Maybe it could just be a simple fix, but history has repetitively negated that idea, so that is shelved until all the above has been ruled out in my mind.

In the back of my mind, there is always this voice that pops in to say what happens when we have exhausted all of our options and nothing works?  What then?  What choice do we have at that point?  Is there going to be a time that we say we have done all we can do?  If so, then what?  Gosh even with a little over 4 years under our belts in some ways I feel like we just started this journey.  The weight of the past and fear of the future continue to get heavier and heavier as time goes on, yet instead of it lasting a split second, it seems to be never-ending.


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