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I remember the day of the accident and, the many weeks
after it. Thursday, the 11. August 2005 was for me a day like
any other - only afterwards I recognized that I had an unusual unrest in
me. Normally I do not believe in such things. But it was something that
frightened me completely fundamentally. The following morning then the message of Hartwig's accident. My man and I were as agitated by the thunder. How does it continue with
Hartwig, what happens next? We knew from a similar case in the circle of acquaintances, which found a good end after relatively short time.
Of course we hoped naturally also for our case for a similar result.
I wanted to travel do Berlin as fast as possible - they
said that life is not 100 percent in danger - but how
knows that? I call myself as a believing christian and tried with prayers to
take comfort.
Having arrived in Berlin, Annett and I made together with Maya
a first visit to the hospital. My first impression was
rather frightening. Many machines there, Hartwig fixed and without consciousness.
The next 4 weeks we saw ourselves daily twice at the
hospital, but no news. Hartwig before hat healthy and
strong - now helplessly, participateless and dependently. We were always
full of fear, which will happen next when we visited him. We tried to
get reactions by body contact. Sometimes we believed to
feel an easy handshake. By high fever, unknown reason,
his situation got worse. Different treatments did not bring
the expected success. Only the leg break healed relatively
good.
We went to Hartwig into the room, one remained alternating with the child in the
vestibule. After some weeks in which we waited without
success for a reaction of Hartwig, we - Annett, Maya and I again
we where waiting grievedly in the vestibule as Hartwig
was driven in the hospital bed by. We waited in all the weeks in vain for a reaction and were considerable
depressed.
What the trip was for and where Hartwig become attentive
to the child, we don't know - he showed suddenly a reaction. We were lucky together with the care forces and
surprised. A controversy between the doctors and the
care forces inflamed between the two forces. Would it be
an advantage to take a child also into the treatment
room? We were allowed to take Maya also in the treatment
room - once! We took her to the bed of Hartwig - Maya at that time a good half year old - showed no fear and it were like a small miracle -
Hartwig opened the eyes and cared the child. We were so glad! Due to substantial doubts of the medical profession this attendance was unique. Even if in the consequence still many difficulties and setbacks arose - this was the
beginning of the improvement. It was of course a bit frightening
to see how much of the brain was damaged. But Hartwig was developing such a lot of
optimism and was spending such a lot of effort to
re-establish as much as possible. And that is now, 2 1/2 years
after that still necessary.
With beginning of the rehabilitation in Kladow
Hartwig began to start to learn, learn and learn to
improve his status. By his wife Annett he got and he
gets supported excellent. It makes us all happy that we
can support him and we try to strengthen him. The balance of all efforts is so far absolutely great and will surely continue.
We are happy that he kept his love-worth nature and
we hope that he will be able to recover as fast as
possible.
What I for my part experienced during that time, belongs
to the worst experiences of my life. In all experienced fears,
my believe in God was the secure refuge in all emergencies. With this confidence I go into the future. Everything which I wrote, applies also to my
husband.
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