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The Bravest of the Brave[A tribute to Sophie Delezio]
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The Bravest of the Brave[A tribute to Sophie Delezio] |
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the grey Member
since 2006-01-06
Posts 119Queensland, Australia. |
 G'day folks. I don't know if you know much about the Sophie Delezio story and I know there are a lot of kids in the world doing it tough and have overcome horrific obstacles but our little Sophie has proved she too is a battler and I've penned a little tribute song for her. Five-year-old Sydney girl Sophie Delezio is laughing and smiling again and doctors say she could be out of hospital in two to three weeks. Sophie was being pushed in a stroller across a pedestrian crossing on Frenchs Forest Road at Seaforth, in Sydney's north, on May 5 when she was struck by a car and badly injured. After 12 days in intensive care, Sophie was well enough to give her mother Carolyn Martin a smile, delighted doctors at Sydney's Children's Hospital announced. Intensive care unit director Barry Duffy said Sophie began emerging from her drug-induced coma on Tuesday. "Really this morning is the first time that she is properly starting to relate and spontaneously smile at her mum," Dr Duffy told reporters. Sophie is fighting back from her second serious accident in just over two years. Sophie lost both feet, some fingers, her right ear and suffered third-degree burns to 85 per cent of her body when she was trapped under a car that crashed into the Roundhouse Childcare Centre at Fairlight, on Sydney's north shore, on December 15, 2003. She underwent months of operations and painful rehabilitation, but captured people's hearts with the cheerful way she dealt with her injuries. In the latest accident, Sophie's jaw and shoulder bone were broken, her head and brain were bruised, she had six rib fractures, some fractured vertebrae, a tear in one lung and bruising and bleeding into both lungs. Dr Duffy said Sophie was still in some pain but was breathing on her own, coping with food and in good spirits. "She is going to need to show that she can perform normal daily functions (but) my guess is she is probably going to be in hospital for another two to three weeks," Dr Duffy told reporters. "She will probably leave intensive care in the next two to three days." Dr Duffy said Sophie even joked with a nurse overnight when she questioned the little girl, who had closed her eyes, about whether she was awake. "A smile flitted across her face," Dr Duffy said. When questioned again, Sophie burst out laughing. "So I think she was pretty OK last night." Sophie will require more skin grafts for road grazes but has been cleared of serious brain and spinal cord injury. Even before waking, Sophie received a string of visitors, including former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh and, on Tuesday, members of the Sydney Swans AFL team. THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE All those years of droving cattle hell they surely were a battle as my back hurts something woeful and I’m up near half the night. And I carry scars from busters earnt in wild and wooly musters in the back blocks of this country where mad scrubbers take to flight. And the years of bare back riding where my frame it copt a hiding and I gained the limp I live with all those many years ago. But my aches and pains all faded and I sat there kind of jaded when I heard our darling Sophie had been dealt another blow. You’re too young to have to suffer and your pain is so much rougher, but we see you as our hero and the bravest of the brave. So dear Sophie keep your spirit and sweet angel please believe it when we tell you little darling you’re the bravest of the brave. I recall how I was shattered when I first saw how your battered body fought to overcome the scars of burns and loss of limbs. In the outback I have ridden with tough men I’ve known who’ve hidden any sign of pain as weakness and despite things looking grim. But you’re tough as old boot leather and I can’t say I have ever seen such courage in a youngster like you showed through that ordeal. There are millions in this Nation who hearts live in expectation and we know your fighting spirit will win out and help you heal. You’re too young to have to suffer and your pain is so much rougher, but we see you as our hero and the bravest of the brave. So dear Sophie keep your spirit and sweet angel please believe it when we tell you little darling you’re the bravest of the brave. ©Bush Poet and Ballad Writer Merv Webster The Goondiwindi Grey |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Thank you, Merv... May your words give her mother and family heart.. like does Sophie's smile.  |
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the grey Member
since 2006-01-06
Posts 119Queensland, Australia. |
G'day Karilea. She's a little battler mate and she has a long road ahead of her but shes' a survivor. Recorded it the other day and it has come up rather well. Merv |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
I'd love to hear this one! Wow, this poem/ballad of Sophie is really good. Are you calling it Ballad of Sophie or Bravest of the Brave on the recording? I cannot imagine having to go through either one of those horrid accidents, at ANY age. For such a young body and soul to have to endure both of these already is amazing. Even more amazing is the attitude projected within that smile.  for Sophie, and this write |
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the grey Member
since 2006-01-06
Posts 119Queensland, Australia. |
G'day Midnitesun. Thanks for sharing Sophie's story and yes she has certainly gone through a horrific ordeal and yet she comes out smiling. You just have to love the little mate. The song will be called The Bravest of the Brave and I hope to have it out with six other tracks on an EP/CD by the end of June called From Bard to Balladeer. For more information scroll down on my web site's home page. |
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