Ha. Well, I spent most of this year pretty seriously ill and I had a lot of time to scare myself with Googling my illnesses and convincing myself it was the end of the line for me- I learned what most commonly kills 25-year-olds (accidental overdose, car crash, suicide- not either of the illnesses I'd contracted) and remembered the statistics on the other age groups. Like I said, I can't see Miguel committing suicide, so it's got to be one of the others (and he's pretty young for an overdose, although it could happen I guess). And most fatal illnesses at that age are fairly slow onset.
Poor kid, though, dying at that age. I hope it was quick and not too painful. His poor family, too- Mama Coco and Héctor especially. Mama Coco was elderly, and Héctor died for all intents and purposes alone. You really hope your younger family members will outlive you (since I'm probably going to kick it the youngest of my generation I'd better not outlive my niece and nephews), and if you're dead, you probably only want to see your relatives when they're preferably elderly adults, not kids. :( But there's still something comforting in the idea that you'd find a familiar face when you wake up in the afterlife, I can see why they called Héctor. As far as entities hanging around the afterlife go he'd be pretty comforting to be the one there when you wake up, rather than God or an angel or the king of the dead, whatever you believe.
...damn, I'm getting all philosophical. Probably time to go to bed.
Man alive, I’m so sorry to hear you’ve been so sick this year... I hope next year is much kinder to you. I can relate though—I was diagnosed with a chronic illness a few months back (thanks to a routine check up, which led to a referral, then to some pretty intense tests, etc. etc. etc.) The meds I’m on put me at risk for developing complications, so even the slightest symptom out of the ordinary can send me down the rabbit hole, y’know? I feel ya.
We’ll start getting into some of those feelings/lines of discussion in the upcoming chapters—definitely topics I’m looking forward to exploring. And hey, thanks for being so open and willing to talk. Nothing wrong with a little late-night philosophy, I’d say! ^^
Thank you, I appreciate it- and thank you for listening. I didn’t mean to dump all that on you- it’s just hard, because my mother is in denial about how serious this is, and my father just gets depressed whenever it comes up.
And yeah, I hope things work out for you as well. Medication side effects can be scary.
And I’m looking forward to seeing the continuation, commentary, things like that. Miguel might have some trouble realizing he’s actually dead- especially if it’s sudden. People with illness have time to come to terms with it. Dying suddenly must be a shock.
Hey, it’s no trouble at all, honestly! It really means a lot that you’re willing to talk about it, and I’m more than happy to be the person to listen. You deserve that and much more, I’m certain. ^^
And thank you! I’m fortunate in that my chronic illness isn’t as intense or aggressive as some, but it’s defintely thrown me some curveballs this year that I never expected. But hey—I’m alive, I’m here, and I’m happy to be writing and sharing this with you guys, so I really can’t complain too much. Things will work out one way or another.
Yes, poor Miguelito is in for quite a surprise here real soon... and he’s going to handle it probably as well as one can expect.
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