I can't seem to go to bed until I make this post, but I'm not sure I'll sleep well even doing so. We've prepared for almost a year, for the death of River. We prolonged his life, sometimes not agreeing on how we did that. We made the best decisions we could, with information we had.
我不能去睡觉,直到我写出了这篇文章。就算这样做我也不确定我会睡得很好.。我们已经准备了将近一年, 为小河的死亡。 我们延长了他的生命, 有时我们也不同意我们这么做. 我们做了我们可以做到的最好的决定依靠我们有的信息。
At the end of the day, medicine could not heal River's body. While not the "official" time, at 9:07am, our nurse told me he was gone. The hours leading up to it were not as peaceful as I'd have hoped, but he drew his last breath while in my arms. My sweet boy's body fought hard, and so much longer than any of us expected. We got more time with him, he was surrounded in love, and he got his final wish of seeing Pete again.
在一天结束的时候, 医学不能治愈小河的身体。虽然不是"官方"的时间,在上午9:07时,我们的护士告诉我, 他已经走了。之前的几个小时并不像我希望的那样平静,但他在我的怀里咽下了他最后的一口气 ,我的小男孩的身体很辛苦,离开的时间比我们想象的要长得多。我们得到了更多的时间和他在一起, 他被爱包围着,他也实现了再次见到皮特的愿望
River is no longer in pain. He's no longer suffering. He's no longer trapped in a failing body.
小河不会再疼了 他不会再受苦了 他再也不会被困在一个病体里了
Yesterday he had a far off look, so I asked him what he was thinking. "Trucker. I haven't seen him a few days". I don't know if he meant actual days, or his perception of days. Because it's been a year since he's actually SEEN Trucker. I told him he'd see him soon, but I never imagined it would be 12 hours later.
昨天他有一个很远的地方, 所以我问他他在想什么. "卡车司机,我最近还没有见过他。". 我不知道他是不是指实际的日子, 或者他的看法. 因为他已经一年没见到卡车司机了。我告诉他, 他很快会看到他,但我从来没有想到它会是12小时后。
I'm incredibly grateful for his/our fire family. We had planned on Converse taking him to the funeral home via ambulance. We wanted him surrounded by love and friends. We got that plus a police escort and Kirby FD and UCFD joined in. River did not leave this world alone, and he did not leave us alone. He has his fire family every step of the way.
我非常感谢他—我们的消防家庭. 我们本来打算用救护车把他送回殡仪馆 我们想让他被爱和朋友包围 我们得到了一个警察护送和kirby fd和ucfd加入进来。小河并没有离开这个世界,他并没有离开我们,他每一步都有他的火。
On bad days he'd tell me he didn't want to be a firefighter anymore, but I know his heart still wanted it. And I no one will ever take that from him.
在糟糕的日子里,他告诉我他不想成为一名消防队员了,但是我知道他的心还是想要的。。
River Bexar, my heart is broken in ways I couldn't have imagined. I have no idea how I'll go on without you, but I look at Sparrow and I know I have to. You were such a strong boy, such a fighter, all the way to the end. I love you to the moon and back.
River Bexar,我的心破碎以我无法想象的方式。我不知道没有你我将继续,但我看着麻雀,我知道我必须好好活下去。你是这样一个坚强的男孩,就像是一个战士,一直到最后。