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Jack Corbo
Journal
Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:52 AM CDT Sadness overwhelms me today as I think of the Corbo Family.
Today should be a celebration, and while it is, I know it's also a day of tears and sadness. Today is Jack and Cooper's birthday. Four years old! WOW! Unfortunately Cooper will celebrate here on earth and Jack will celebrate in heaven. And Todd and Robin are left with, I'm sure, wanting to be joyous for their son, while feeling unimaginable pain and grief for the one who is no longer here.
I never imagined things would turn out this way. The optimist that I am. I thought when Jack got his first heart, that was the end of it. Everything would be great and he would grow up and life would be wonderful. I mean it had to mean something that he got his heart on my brother's birthday. The brother I mourned in 1995 who died because of needing a new kidney. I knew it had to mean something, that there was a reason I found out about the Corbos and the date was too coincendental.
While the heart did work great for a while, last summer, things changed and Jack needed a new one. I had great hope but I know that it is difficult to get a heart for a child of that age. Again believing, I thought he would get a new heart but it turned out I was wrong.
Sweet little "Jackers" had enough. No more machines, no more pokes, no more medicine. That little boy had the spirit that many adults don't have. His heart didn't function right, but boy he had the biggest heart I have ever seen. He was strong enough to say he was all done. He had the strongest parents who were able to let him go. I don't know if I could have done that.
As a parent I can't imagine what they are going through. I can't imagine the pain or the ache of wanting to hold that child in my arms again. To think of what might have been.........
They will be reunited some day, I do believe that. Until then, they will walk this road of life, missing their boy, and also enjoying all of the joys of watching Cooper grow.
Jack is having an awesome birthday in heaven! I know he is watching over them!
God Bless
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Hospital Information: Patient Room: We are at Home!! Children's Hospitals and Clinics (Mpls and St. Paul)
2525 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Links: http://www.fairview.org/static/c_244589.pdf Pectus excavatum - See page 3
http://www.crccs.com/ Children's Respiratory & Critical Care Specialists, P.A. - Zachary's Doctor - Dr. John McNamara
http://www.alamn.org/infocenter/PatientHome.asp Minnesota Asthma Information Center
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