I never knew how much pain was in the world until I had my son

In July 2024 my son was born and he was soon after transferred to a major children’s hospital. He’s now 9 months old and had multiple hospital admissions but honestly I am just so grateful he’s okay and safe. From these admissions I’ve made friends with other parents. Ive seen kids have surgery after surgery, I’ve seen kids struggle to get better, I’ve met kids who have spent more than 100 days in hospital. I’ve met kids who beat one obstacle just to face another and this morning I got the news a little boy I knew has passed away after no one could help him. He never even got to see outside a hospital room. He is only a month younger than my son and it’s just devastating. It was so naive of me but I never realised how many kids and family’s have to go through this stuff. How much pain there is. It breaks my heart for every family who goes through having a sick child.