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Many of you don't know this but I work in the funeral profession. Kaine's reaction is very normal when a child is lost or dies. I hear similar comments quite often. "Why didn't God take me and allow him/her to live". Similar statements. Kaine is not thinking about how life would be for Kyron if he wasn't there. He is feeling guilt and pain. He is in a sense grieving for what he fears has happened. It is a helplessness that he couldn't do anything about. And I'm pleased to hear he and Desiree have sought professional help.
Agreed. As a mother of a deceased child, I can testify that the survivor's guilt is brutal. I can also say that the added stress of outside criticism literally brought me to my knees on at least two occasions. Society often bandies the word 'devastation' about and I think the word has lost its power. It's my opinion that Kaine & Desiree & Tony are devastated in the true meaning of the word and barely able to walk somedays. This is what it does to a person - the tragedy combined with criticism is unbearable - it takes every single miniscule ounce of strength to function at a basic level and Kaine has to function beyond that as he has Baby K to provide and care for.