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Saying Goodbye To Cajun: A Family Mourns (Part Two) (By Bill Sandusky) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Sunday, December 5, 2004
Rated "G" by the Author.
The Sandusky family copes with the sudden (and unexpected) death of one of their young relatives right before the Christmas holidays.
I still can't believe what has happened yesterday: my six-and-one-half year-old niece, Cajun Marie Sandusky, died yesterday at a local hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where she lived; and now we are all in a state of grief, shock, and unbelief.
It seems like only yesterday when we had Christmas on our minds: now we are dealing with the sudden death of a young relative, my little niece, and it seems all we can do now is shake our heads and cry as we try to come to terms with her death.
I knew it was probably inevitable that something like this would happen; we just didn't expect it to happen THIS soon. This is what is making it so hard to deal with; and since yesterday, I have been busy on the phone, calling the funeral home, to see when the funeral is, and making arrangements to take some time off work, so I and my wife, Louisiana, can be with my brother, Marvin, his wife, Toni, and their surviving children, during this difficult time in their lives. I also have been trying to find a way to tell the children about Cajun's sudden death and to tell them that we have to go for a few days to a few weeks, so we can be with their uncle and aunt.
Cajun, as I mentioned yesterday, was a child who had many severe disabilities that curtailed her young life. She was blind and deaf, and she also was profoundly mentally disabled and had severe cerebral palsy and couldn't walk, talk, dress herself, feed herself, or even go to the restroom on her own. She was in either her bed or in her wheelchair when she wasn't lying down, and she was fed by way of a gastrostomy tube that had been placed into her stomach. She was unable to chew or swallow, and she was prone to many frightening respiratory-related illnesses that often put her into the hospital. She was born in Korea, and she was adopted when she was a baby; she had been my niece ever since; and we all loved her so much. For all her problems, Cajun was a very loving little girl who knew how to be loved and give love back to all who knew her (or met her), and she often had a huge smile on her small face. She knew in her special way that she was loved, and nothing pleased her more than to be with people. As long as people were holding her, taking care of her, or just being with her, Cajun was a very happy little girl, and she was the light of her family's life.
Now she is with Jesus, and we are getting ready to go to Memphis for a while, so we can go to the funeral and be with my brother during this sad time.
P.S.: The child in the picture obviously isn't my niece, but she resembled this child in a lot of ways. She couldn't sit up without help, and she often had an expression like this child's on her face. She had to be taken care of around the clock, and dealing with her physical needs was daunting at best; still, she was very much loved by all who knew or came in contact with her.
You know I really don't think it matters to people what the condition of the mind of a loved child is. That this child had such love from you and her parents is a true blessing.
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I still can't believe what has happened yesterday: my six-and-one-half year-old niece, Cajun Marie Sandusky, died yesterday at a local hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where she lived; and now we are all in a state of grief, shock, and unbelief.
