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Luca A. Alaimo
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A candle was lit by Jessica Brooks
on November 25, 2016 12:50 AM
Message from Jessica Brooks
November 25, 2016 12:50 AM
I did not know Luca personally but I was there when he passed. I am a security officer at Southern Ocean Medical Center. I watched the doctors and nurses do all that they could for this beautiful boy, but it was not enough. I watched a nurse swaddle him in a blanket and hand him to his mother. We closed the door to the room they were in to give the parents the privacy they needed. I walked outside and I cried. I cried for twenty minutes. I couldn't compose myself.
When I finally returned the family had said their goodbyes and left. Luca was alone in ED Room 24. My officers and I (there were 3 of us on that night) took turns standing guard at his door for hours until the coroner came. None of us could bear the thought of that precious baby being all alone. It was almost 3 hours that we posted there, doing what we felt was right to protect him. What we were protecting him from, none of us would know. All we knew was it felt like the right thing to do.
It's been over a month and I still think of Luca every day. I still cry myself to sleep most nights. I still can't step foot into Room 24. I'll never understand what God needed him for that was more important than what his parents needed him for, but sometimes acceptance must come without understanding. I now pray that Luca knows just how much he was loved and how much joy he brought to this world, even though his time on earth was short.
Rest In Peace Luca. You will never, ever be forgotten.
When I finally returned the family had said their goodbyes and left. Luca was alone in ED Room 24. My officers and I (there were 3 of us on that night) took turns standing guard at his door for hours until the coroner came. None of us could bear the thought of that precious baby being all alone. It was almost 3 hours that we posted there, doing what we felt was right to protect him. What we were protecting him from, none of us would know. All we knew was it felt like the right thing to do.
It's been over a month and I still think of Luca every day. I still cry myself to sleep most nights. I still can't step foot into Room 24. I'll never understand what God needed him for that was more important than what his parents needed him for, but sometimes acceptance must come without understanding. I now pray that Luca knows just how much he was loved and how much joy he brought to this world, even though his time on earth was short.
Rest In Peace Luca. You will never, ever be forgotten.
A candle was lit by Rich and Judy Foster
on October 26, 2016 7:12 AM
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