The Loss of a Special Little Girl, Day Two

August 14, 2007
Thursday was a blur, and mostly filled with uneventful things. I remember them staring Mindy on medicine to make her start contractions. Although she wasn’t in physical pain it was still a long day filled with questions and tears. We still fielded phone calls, visited with family, and attempted to deal with our hurt. In spite of a calmer day where we had been treated wonderfully by the nurses, doctors, and staff of the hospital something was bound to go wrong. The only family that we requested join us at the hospital were our parents and our sisters. However, one of my cousins decided to show up and change everyone’s attitude and everything. As I mentioned earlier we were treated incredibly well by the hospital staff and we were sharing our faith with a number of them. During the evening the doctor told us that he would be in at a certain point or time which he missed because of other things. In the midst of this my cousin took it upon herself to charge around the floor yelling and looking for the doctor. In the midst of the pain and tragedy we were now forced to deal with the ranting of a family member! During this however I was reminded of the old saying, “You can attract more bees with honey” and the thought of how your attitude can change a situation. We had a positive attitude and we were being optimistic trying to make the best out of a bad situation and here was one person wrecking everything. One person’s negativity changed everything and how true is that in life as well. If one person is negative the entire attitude and mood of a group can change. You’re then forced to apologize for their actions and behavior, which leads to more uneasiness. We were reminded of the need to have a positive attitude through everything and the good that can come from it. Also I remember thinking to myself that maybe something could go wrong and that Mindy was in danger because they started the medicine at five in the morning and by ten at night they hadn’t seem much of a change. We were wondering what would happen and they changed medicine again which would increase everything and her along. As we moved towards Friday we still found ourselves covered in tears and wondering what the next day held for us. Even though we thought we were prepared for the events to come however nothing could prepare us for the heartache and pain that we were going to face.