There's a tear in my beer
'cause I'm cryin' for you, dear
you are on my lonely mind.
Into these last nine beers
I have shed a million tears.
You are on my lonely mind
I'm gonna keep drinkin'
until I'm petrified.
And then maybe these tears
will leave my eyes.
Right now I'm pissed. I've had the opportunity to become good friends with one of the most genuine people I could ever meet. I've grown rather attached to this girl, and then she goes and gets sick. And right now, my heart hurts, because I dont know if she knows I'm waiting for her in the ICU room. I don't know if she knows how much she's made an impact on my life. I don't know if she realizes how much my daughter is worried about "Katie with the Kitty" right now. I don't know if she realizes how hard it is for me to not be able to fix this. I have a tool to fix anything and everything- but i dont have a tool to fix my favorite pocket-sized friend. Come on Katie, you've got a lot more life to experience, and a lot more people to piss off. Now is not a good time for this, do you hear me?We love you- The Stokes Family
It doesn't make any sense to me. One day she's there and the tweets are flying and then she's not and things are dramatically different.
ReplyDeleteI can't wrap my head around this.
You and me both dude.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I thought I needed a beer tonight- it has turned me into a sobbing idiot, and I am struggling with keeping it together. I have become a slave to the red light on my blackberry- hoping there's good news with every blink.
I've become a slave to the Gchat status message. I know it is her family that is online, but I keep hoping she's going to IM and say something like: "Just kidding, smalls!" and I'm going to cuss her out for making us all worry.
ReplyDeleteDon't think I'm going to be able to sleep at all tonight.
This brought tears to my eyes. Katie will wake up to find out how lucky she is to have an amazing friend like you. I feel fortunate to be apart of your first meeting too. Stay strong.
ReplyDeleteI haven't met any of you anywhere but the twitterverse, but I've been struggling to keep back tears reading each of your posts for the past two days. I'm praying for Katie and as others have said, she is lucky to have such a great friend. Hang in there....
ReplyDeleteCarri- I've been amazed by my own reaction to this whole thing. I feel more desperate than I've felt in a long time. Waiting...waiting for updates. And if I'm honest, pissed off at times. Katie is somebody that this world REALLY needs. Somebody that I need.
ReplyDeleteThank you for keeping us updated. You've been in my thoughts, too. I know that ICU's are hard places to hang out. I'm glad you are there and I'm sure Katie is, too.
Carri,
ReplyDeleteWe all feel so awful and helpless. One thing that also comes to MY mind, however, is that we've been privileged to watch such a great relationship develop between you and Katie. Your presence and strength IS being felt by her, I know it, and when she pulls through this you two will charge forward together.
The prayers continue...
XOIvette
Carri, even while Katie is fighting for her life, she has managed to do great things. I've enjoyed getting to know you ever since Katie suggested that you and I be friends so many months ago. And now we've been connected by our love for her and while I don't like what brought on our phone conversations, I've gotten to know you a little better through them and Katie, too. What an incredible person she is. I know how badly you're hurting and how helpless you feel, but you're doing exactly the right things.
ReplyDeleteNo man is an island, they say. Indeed.
Mr BT said exactly what I was thinking about this whole thing with Katie. I don't get how a perfectly healthy, very spunky young person gets a life threatening infection. It makes me angry. Which is really dumb, because who gets angry at bacteria?
ReplyDeleteMany, many prayers for Katie to beat this.
Lots of prayers to Katie and her family and a big giant bear hug to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteWe've been praying heavily for Katie and her family. I met Katie in Chicago, but followed her Garden Punk adventure for at least a year before that. I believe she will get well. I believe that, but yes, the tears have fallen regularly. Thanks for stopping by my site and entering the glove contest BTW.~~Dee
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