Haiku Chronicle of Oct.26, 2011
Hospital Waiting
Nine-thirty;
Eleven, twelve plus –
Music plays!
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Five Pounds, Ten Ounces
Spindly limbs;
A bit underweight –
PawPaw’s pride.
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And Then
Two early
Weeks make for weak lungs
Breath in pants.
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It’s A Bird; It’s A…
In the sky! –
A helicopter:
Grandaughter.
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Irony
Copter ride:
Only one kinsman –
A newborn.
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Gospel (Good News)
Diagnosis:
Fluid on her lungs –
Drying up
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Ups And Downs
Like her chest
Day of emotions
Ends on up.
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The Night
Exhausted;
Slept well, like…like…like
A baby.
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My daughter gave birth yesterday about 12:30 pm to a little girl (our second grandaughter). Two weeks early, she had breathing problems that were thought to be caused by a lack of elasticity in her lungs. The doctor said she wasn’t producing the protein at a fast enough rate. About 7:30, she was airlifted to a medical center about 60 miles away that could get a synthetic version of the protein into her lungs and solve her problem. Upon arrival, the doctors there decided she had some fluid in her lungs that was drying up and that she was already doing better. It was a day I decided to chronicle in the haiku above, most of which I wrote last night before going to bed and finished up this morning. We’ve been blessed… again.
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* The haiku I write are lines of 3-5-3 syllables instead of 5-7-5.
See Haiku article here for explanation, if needed: https://thebardonthehill.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/haiku/
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2011.
The Bard on the Hill 
Hallelujah for a healthy little girl progressing well into her first week of life in the ‘outside world’! And congratulations to all the family. May she and all of you be greatly blessed by her life.
I enjoyed the haiku-chronicle approach immensely, and thought Ups and Downs particularly well-crafted–the twist snaps just perfectly–and aligns us with its happy ending.
Congratulations and I hope all will be well with your new little Grandaughter
Loved it! Congratulations on another blessing and we are praying for her continued healing. 😉
;-))
Loved this chronicle of your granddaughter coming into your world! Congratulations! I hope she continues to heal! 🙂
Congratulations, hope all goes well.
Very nice. I sometimes find it hard to write about something so precious to me as grandchildren.
Congratulations to all for new baby girl … my dad loved loved loved his granddaughters!!! Precious additions ~~