Carla Hazel Serfontein…a girl who’s name will forever live on. I never knew her personally but she’s opened my eyes to the world we live in today. There will be no snarkiness, bitchiness, random and mentalness or need for anger management in this post.
I’m sure you must have heard about our girl. She was a 15 year old sweetheart with one fault, she had necrotic pneumonia. She was in a coma for 7 days while her family, her friends and pretty much everyone who knew her hoping, praying that she would pull through. While in that coma, medical staff were removing fluids from her lungs every day. It sounded like they were struggling to fight the bacterial strain, as her lungs were still pretty swollen. She received blood plasma every day to help fight the infection as well as antibiotics. The doctors were unsure as to the reason for the infection but once the appeal for blood plasma was released, almost anyone and everyone tried to do their part. She was and will remain to be a fighter. Her family would like to thank everyone who tried to help their little girl. Everyone else just wishes there was a little more to do. Letting go is the hardest thing to do and accepting it is another thing entirely…
Makes you think, doesn’t it? I know it must be a cliché now but tomorrow really isn’t guaranteed. Here was a girl who had her whole life, a bright future and it was all compromised in the blink of an eye. She fell sick and she fought for her life, but she just wasn’t strong enough. I could write more but I won’t, I’m too emotional to even know if I made sense. Let her memory live on and be a lesson to us all never to take anything or anyone for granted. It doesn’t matter what your age, sex or “position” is, you’re going to end up equal to everyone else in the end. Swallow your pride, live a little; laugh a lot, love like it’s your first time and remember that yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift…that is why they call it the present.
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