Just Another Summer Evening.

It's Saturday evening, about 10:30. I can hear an ambulance siren in the distance. I look to check on Mark. The siren reminded me that it was only a couple of weeks ago that we called 911 because Mark had been crying out in pain for a couple of hours. We had exhausted our options and were forced to call the ambulance. It was the first time we had done that. Another first, like a milestone on our journey. It was late in the evening and it cost most of us, most of our nights sleep. Linda stayed at the hospital with him until they were released at six in the morning. For Linda there was no sleep. In the end, after tests and x-rays there were no conclusive answers, maybe it was bowels pains they thought.

Now the siren has gone, Mark is resting peacefully. When he sleeps it's hard to imagine there's anything wrong with him.