continued good luck to you and your family
sounds like you are doing a great job
"Marc Bissonnette" <dragnet\_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <Hawki63@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> fell face-first on the keyboard. This was the
> result: news:Z68dk.10118$LG4.6089@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> HI Marc
>>
>> arguing with Jan Drew is sorta like arguing with a no brain person
>>
>> she loves to criticize...usuallly about things she knows very little
>> about
>>
>> you sound like a great Dad...hope your kids are doing OK
>
> Thanks, Hawk;
>
> I was going to let it go, but you know, people who make arguments for
> letting parents off who abuse or outright kill their kids just sickens
> me.
>
> We all (parents, that is) made a choice when we chose to become parents
-
> Specifically, we chose to make sacrifices until and if our children
> become able and cabable of looking out for their own best interests.
>
> That means if you're into booze and dope, not drinking and drugging
> around the kids (or if you're going to be responsible for them) - If
> you're down to your last $20 and it's a choice of diapers and formula or
> sirloin steaks, you choose the diapers and formula.
>
> That list goes on and on - You don't need me to reiterate the painfully
> obvious :)
>
> One thing that I don't think many think of, though (because most of us
> don't *have* to think about it) - is the one other big obligation and
> responsibility: If we, the parents, know that we *cannot* take care of
> our kids - be it through inability, lack of will or cir***stances beyond
> our control, then it behooves us, for our children, to transfer their
> care to those that can.
>
> What this also means is that our elected representatives - i.e. those
> that make the laws - recognize this, as well - If we're incapable or
> unwilling to make that decision, then the government will step in and
> make it for us.
>
> I.e.: If I am starving my kids to death because I don't have any money,
> if they are suffering because I am not getting them medication or they
> are being mistreated because I'm a moron, they'll take them away from me
> to ensure that _THEY_ have the best chance at life.
>
> I'm not looking for brownie points or pats on the back, but I've
> ***BEEN*** in that situation the mother in this story was in. I was told
> *twice* that my son was not going to live until the end of the week. I
> spent most of the first two years of his life up with him at night to
> make sure he didn't choke on his own vomit because he threw up
> *everything* that went into him - even sips of water and certainly
> formula and breastmilk. If you haven't been through it, it's hard to
> explain just how tired, nay, *exhausted* you become when the little guy
> you love the most has been screaming - not crying, not moaning, but
> *screaming* for 36 hours *straight*.
>
> I couldn't begin to tell you the *tens of thousands* (Well, maybe
> thousands and thousands - I honestly don't keep track anymore) of
dollars
> in food alone that's either been vomited up or simply crumbled up and
> thrown across the floor. That happens to this day, simply because my
> little guy is the way that he is - When he cries, it's a guessing game
as
> to whether he's hungry, thirsty, wet bum, in pain, bored - whatever - He
> doesn't talk. He doesn't even have consistant signals or signs for what
> it is he wants.
>
> Anyway - my point being: My son has gone through a *lot* in his ten
short
> years of life. Certainly a helluva lot more than I've gone through with
> cancer and, truth be told, he's the main reason I don't feel sorry for
> myself: I just have to look at him to realize what a fighter *really*
is.
>
> He's a happy, joyful little guy that brings *incredible* happiness to
> those around him today - Imagine if I'd given up like this "mother" did
> so many years ago ? From a completely selfish point of view, where would
> I be if Liam weren't around to keep me straight and level ? Coming out
of
> surgery in December with a big honkin' hole through my skull to my
brain,
> who's to say the thought of "Well, we gave up on Liam, because it was
> easier that way, maybe I should just do the same..."
>
> Anyway: I've learned a lot about cancer in the last six months. With a
> 30% recurrence chance, along with the fact that when they opened me up,
> they weren't even *looking* for cancer, dealing with the end game and
the
> therapies to avoid or prolong it is certainly something I've also been
> doing a lot of learning about. A few months of pain or discomfort, if it
> means survival - which in this boy's case certainly *was* the case - is
> well worth it for a lifetime ahead.
>
> --
> Marc Bissonnette
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