Friday, October 5, 2012

Jokes Aside for a Moment

On Wednesday, A's reliever Pat Neshek and his wife Stephanee lost their one day old son, Gehrig John Neshek. I can only imagine what it is to go through nine months of a pregnancy imagining and planning your future life with your new family only to have those plans and dreams shattered a single day later. Neshek now rejoins his team, an act whose bravery or strength will probably be largely touted over the course of Oakland's ALDS against Detroit. I just hope that as much as our well intentions may compel us to point out Neshek's bravery over and over again, that we also recognize that he probably needs room to grieve more than constant reminders of how brave he is. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Neshek family.

5 comments:

Rich Mahogany said...

Thank you for posting about this. I gasped when I read about it because it is such a horrible tragedy to contemplate.

I'm glad Neshek decided to rejoin the A's. My twins had to spend a few months in the hospital after they were born due to health issues that they have since overcome. In the early days when I had no idea what was going to happen, I had to go back to work to preserve my sanity. I can't even imagine what Neshek is going through, but I have to think that focusing on his job will help.

Rich Mahogany said...

Also, Gehrig is a wonderful name for a child, let alone a baseball player's child. Just so sad.

Roberto E. Alejandro said...

I thought the same thing about the name. Hopefully returning to work provides a distraction, if not relief.

Glad to hear your kids are doing well. They wouldn't happen to have just agreed to play basketball for Kentucky, did they?

Rich Mahogany said...

Different twins. I expect my son will eventually close for the Yankees and my daughter will replace Suzyn Waldman. Or vice versa, it really doesn't matter.

Anonymous said...

Very sad news. Thank you for your kind words.