and he told me it made him feel really good, and he thought it was an angel. nine years later or so, when he was 13, you took him to the cardiologist. he explained what was happening with ben s heart that it wasn t pumping properly at this point, and fluid was backing up. the doctor reiterated that we need to start thinking about heart transplants. so how did ben take this? when ben and i left the appointment, he just asked me very seriously, mom, am i going to die? so i said, yes, you will, and we all do at some point. none of us really know when that is. how hard was that conversation for you? it was really heart breaking. he was just so young. and he s having to deal with difficult questions, and i just wish he didn t have to deal with that at such a young age.
i was in the kitchen starting to fix christmas dinner, and i looked outside my kitchen window and i took a mental snapshot of ben standing there smiling. that was the last time i saw him smile. almost immediately after that, jake came running in the back door and he said, mom, it s ben. i yelled at shawn to come outside, and we started doing cpr right away. shawn and i felt really alone in those moments. and i, again, just thought, all right, if this is the time god you can take care of him. i knew that he had passed away, but i didn t believe it until i heard it from my parents at the hospital. we had to deal with the reality that wasn t with us anymore.
student was passed out on the floor in the commons and he was purple. and i remember saying, oh, my god it is ben. i mean, i knew he was not breathing. and then i just started doing cpr. and just thinking, please god, let him wake up. it sounds like the white light is back. what happened in that room? what did he tell you? it was like that pitch white light. he said, and then all of a sudden i realized kid cudi was with me. the rapper. yeah. and he said he had his hand on ben s shoulder. and he said there was this
nine years later or so, when he was 13, you took him to the cardiologist. he explained what was happening with ben s heart that it wasn t pumping properly at this point, and fluid was backing up. the doctor reiterated that we need to start thinking about heart transplants. so how did ben take this? when ben and i left the appointment, he just asked me very seriously, mom, am i going to die? so i said, yes, you will, and we all do at some point. none of us really know when that is. how hard was that conversation for you? it was really heart breaking. he was just so young. and he s having to deal with difficult questions, and i just wish he didn t have to deal with that at such a young age.
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