When Kai refers to past events, he uses random time expressions. He raises five or ten fingers to ask how much more time he has to do this or that. As he is coming to terms with the concept of time, trying to pin it down to a precise number, we're losing our sense of normal time. Two months ago, when we were told that Kai had to have surgery in one to three months, it all came too fast. We felt that the allotted time was too soon. Since making the decision to proceed with surgery, time has passed very slowly. This has been the most challenging thing of late. On one hand, this suspended time gives us the opportunity to make the most of these numbered days. On the other hand, we just want to put it all behind us.
This sense of suspended time feels odd when outside the world is roaring on. Since our personal little world changed, there have been massive earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear disaster, floods, tornadoes, revolutions and crackdowns.
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