Just a week ago…
Its tuesday. Five year old Mendy is wondering where Tatty is. Tattys been a little dizzy, Mommy explains, hell be right back.
The doctor is sitting with Chaim Yosef Klien. The blood tests show Leukemia. Its late stage. Dont worry. We have treatment for you. Youre young. Youll be fine. Back at home, Mommy tells Mendy that shes going to visit Tatty, Hes coming right back, but I need to visit him. In walks the babysitter.
We should bring his wife in
Chaim Yosef is getting hooked up to even more wires when his wife walks in. Hes already in a hospital gown, his face the color of ash. All three kinderlach are missing you so much Chaim Yosef cries when he hears the word kinderlach.
He wants to see them, but he doesnt want to scare the Kinderlach. Im going to have to stay over for Shabbos. Tell my mother I cant bring her chicken this week.
Sunday night: A minyan is around Chaim Yosef Kleins bed. The doctors cant bare to show his wife the bleeding in Yosef Chaims brain. The beeping is slowing down now Shema Yisrael!
Can Mendy read?
The entire Kehilah has come to the Levayah. Mendy understands exactly whats going on. His two younger brothers are quiet, but hes pink-faced from sobbing. Someone kneels next to him, holding a Kaddish card. Mendy, can you read this for everyone? And he begins, Yi, Yis, Yisgadal VYiskadash Shmei Raba.
Dont Leave Mendy Alone!
- Mendy, his Almanah mother, and his two siblings are all alone. Chaim Yosef worked for every penny he had and without him their future is crumbling. He was pillar of his Kehilah and the rock of his family. Now there is nothing.
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