Moaning

All night long I was surrounded by moaning. Nina moaned. Teddy moaned. Sosie moaned. All three kids moaned in their sleep.

I just lay on the couch, sleeping beside the girls who were cuddled on the mattress and listened to the terrifying orchestra consuming my condo all night long.

Nina has been moaning pretty much all night long for the past 4 days. Yvonne described it best when she said it was like a suffering moan. Yvonne is right! Nina's breathing and moaning have changed qualitatively. The change is palatable and it's heart wrenching to hear!!!

Teddy and Sosie moaned, practically in unison. First, Sosie would moan and literally a few seconds later I'd hear Teddy's moan trickle its way down the stairs until it settled into my soul. Teddy moaned for his sister. He fell asleep in my arms sobbing over his pain for her. Sosie moaned for both her little cousins. She fell asleep to hearing Teddy's cries and wiping away the tears that welled in her own crystal blue eyes.

Nina moaned from suffering.

Teddy and Sosie moaned from the injustice of her suffering.

I listened in silence.