When did your blood run cold?

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Whats the most scared you ever been, that single defining moment.....

Mine was when i was told my son had been hit by a car..and waiting for that next bit of information...
 
When my dad said

"It's not going to bloody stop." and I felt and heard the breaks of the cliff lift failing.



(oooh, de ja vu;) )
 
She told me: " I'm sick again. The leukemia is back, and I'm not going to fight it again this time, Baby. "
 
"if you don't testify against him, we'll arrest you and put your children in foster care. You aren't a fit mother."


i can still hear her voice. it still has the power to make me catch my breath.
 
I dont know if there was just one single moment...you have to understand my life to understand that. Then again I cant say any of them is the most scared because they were equally scary in their own ways! And many things have been scary enough to make my blood run cold over the years.

The day I fell down the stairs and lost a baby many many moons ago...

The night my little one fell down the stairs last year... knowing the first moment makes one understand why this one was extra scary.
 
That morning i woke up at a god awful hour to the sounds of my dad packing and talking on the phone in hindi. I was barely awake but i could tell he was booking 2 flights to India for that day. For him and my aunt. I knew something was wrong- it could only have been my gradmother. I didnt have to wait for my mum to tell me she was in a coma i was out the room in tears. When we went to my maternal grandmother's house less than an hour later so that my dad could see her before he went for well wishes and blessings, i walked into the kitchen didnt even say hello and started sobbing into my nan's arms.

Thankfully my paternal grandmother is still with us. But the 7 weeks my dad spent away were horrible.

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''Come to the hospital. NOW. They don't think he'll make it through the night.''

And he didnt. He didn't make it for the hour it took me to get there. I used to be able to say proudly that 'i have all 4 of my grandparents'
 
Another moment that was pretty close to the one I had a week and a half ago..

My greatgrandmother was in the hospital with kidney failure.. the end was drawing near.
My aunt called, and I answered the phone.

My aunt: "You guys need to get here."
Me: "Now?"
Aunt: "Right Now." As she hung up on me.

That was the longest 15 minute drive of my life.
 
Reaching out to touch my husband in the middle of the night only to find a hand that was cold and stiff. Touching his chest to find that he wasn't breathing. Freaking out before realizing he was in between snores. His hand was cold because it was uncovered, stiff because he was laying on his arm which pulled the skin taut.

Needless to say, I scared the shit out of him when I woke him up. :rolleyes:
Then he held me for the next half hour while I sobbed. :rose:
 
angelicminx said:
Reaching out to touch my husband in the middle of the night only to find a hand that was cold and stiff. Touching his chest to find that he wasn't breathing. Freaking out before realizing he was in between snores. His hand was cold because it was uncovered, stiff because he was laying on his arm which pulled the skin taut.

Needless to say, I scared the shit out of him when I woke him up. :rolleyes:
Then he held me for the next half hour while I sobbed. :rose:
I know that feeling. :rose:
 
Wow. Everyone, just, wow...

I didn't tell anyone at the time, but my brakes almost didn't catch once driving down a really steep hill with a stoplight at the bottom of it.

Aside from that, I feel inferior against all these other monemts.
 
I'm with TheeGoatPig. I was going to contribute, but my experiences pale against yours. For which I am grateful. :heart:
 
angelicminx said:
Reaching out to touch my husband in the middle of the night only to find a hand that was cold and stiff.
Wow, I'm really emo today. I read that and it made me tear up. I think that's one of my greatest fears, reaching out and my girl not being there or finding the same with my children.

As for me, too many moments in my life I've felt that cold shock and fear feeling and couldn't name just one event. That and naming them might bring back back those memories in full. :rose:
 
"Mom you need to come home right now...something is wrong with grandma."

My daughter didn't panic over little things...when she called...you listened.


Running into the bedroom 10 minutes later to see My mother going through major seizures, her lips cut from grinding her teeth, one even chipped. Her eyes blank, no response. I knew. Inside I knew she was going right then. And it was her written wish for no heroics. Sitting next to her, holding her hands, telling her she could go Home, was one of the hardest things to do.

The seizures worsened ......we had her taken to the hospital and kept comfortable only, remaining in a coma for 2 days. A week before this she requested her personal Dr. be with her to pull the plug if anything happened. He was out of town that weekend. She died a few hours after he turned the oxygen off.
 
My sister: "Hey. Don't ask questions. But you need to take off from work for the next few days. ok?"

Me: "What? Just like that?"

My sister: "Yes... In fact... You might want to leave right now..."
 
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