hello my dear friends:.
i just wanted to let you know that my wife was admitted today to the hospital.
as you know she is 32 weeks pregnant with our son and unfortuanely, is very low on amniotic fluid.
Bryan,
If it makes you feel any better, the steroid shots really made the difference with our son. Thanks to them when he was born his lungs were fine...no ventilator...no nothing....he was just tiny and needed to grow and believe me he has no problems there now....as you can see below...
Keep your spirits up and let us know if we can do ANYTHING !!
RGW
up until this evening i had thought teresa schiavo was in an unconcious state, lying on a bed with just a machine keeping her alive.
how wrong was i?
i saw her smiling and showing awareness of her surroundings.
Brummie,
I have posted on several other threads on this and similar topics so I don't mean to bore everyone with the same tired...obviously biased as someone with a disability, opinion.
I did want to thank you for adding yet another voice to the topic and giving people yet another means to express their thoughts and feelings by starting this thread.
First those in a "vegetative state"....who next ? The Mentally ill ? The Paralysed ? The Developmentally Disabled ? ME ? It is this slippery slope that scares me the most.
Now I know we'll all say it couldn't..wouldn't happen but it already has in nazi germany and even to an extent here in the good od USA. Below is a quote that shocked the hell out of me when I was told about it...
The American Journal of Psychiatry Published a debate on the "Ethics of Killing Children with Severe Disabilities" in which one individual stated...(emphasis added by me)
"I believe when the defective child will have reached the age of five years - and on the application of his guardians - that the case should be considered under law by a competent medical board; then is should be reviewed twice more at four-month intervals; then, if the board, acting, I repeat, on the applications of the guardian of the child, and after three examinations of the defective who has reached the age of five or more, should decide that that defective has no future or hope of one; then I believe it is a merciful and kindly thing to relieve that defective - often tortured and convulsed, grotesque and absurd, useless and foolish and entirely undesireable - from the agony of living"
As a person with a disability with twisted limbs, constant pain and a very different view of what "living" means than some...this thinking sickens and terrifies me. The idea that professionals could think this to say nothing of actually consider proposing something like this in an open forum is completely beyond me.
I certainly don't know Terri and have mixed emotions about her case specifically and I don't mean to imply that her condition is the same as someone like me who is fairly functional in a wheelchair but my point is that once it starts to be normalized and acceptible then wehre does it end....
the following is quoted in it's entirety (excepting cited scriptures after each question) from the new release organized to do jehovah's will, pages 182-218.. .
questions for those desiring to be baptized.
part 1 elementary bible teachings.
For those who asked about the legality of asking or requiring someone to identify themselves as having a disease....
If this were a business or employment situation it would CLEARLY be illegal.....HOWEVER...religious organizations (and a few others) are exempt from complying with the "Federal" non-discrimination laws that would cover this.
There may be some States that cover them but if there are they would be few and far between.
Disgusting...but true I'm afraid.
hello my dear friends:.
i just wanted to let you know that my wife was admitted today to the hospital.
as you know she is 32 weeks pregnant with our son and unfortuanely, is very low on amniotic fluid.
Bryan,
You and your family are in our thoughts. If it provides any peace of mind...both of our kids were preemies. Our son, who is now 7 and fine, was 10 weeks early and weighed only 2 lb 14 oz. Our daughter who is almost 6 months was 4 weeks preemie and weighed 4 lbs.
We're here for you if you'd like an ear to bend that has been in a high risk pregnancy situation. The stresss can be a real killer so don't think that you need to go it alone.
RandyW
oooh baby!
pagan?
holidays and hip hop music all in one.... what more could an apostate?
Happy Easter to all.... (((((( ALL ))))))
AHHHHHH.....nothing celebrates the death and rising of Jesus like chocolate eggs and fertile little bunnies everywhere ! LOL
I live Easter actually...the look on my kids face when he gets his basket....and he is so cute in his easter suit....
scully's happy easter got me thinking about easter baskets and easter candy.
those cadbury eggs are just the best, like a pure jolt of sugar and the fake yolk and white is just too cool.
what are your favorite easter candies?
LOL....now THAT'S funny....
scully's happy easter got me thinking about easter baskets and easter candy.
those cadbury eggs are just the best, like a pure jolt of sugar and the fake yolk and white is just too cool.
what are your favorite easter candies?
one word.........
PEEPS !
i was reading through the terrisfight.org site and ran across the section "how you can help".
there is a petition to sign on the site to save terri.
here is the link to it for those who want to sign it.
doogie,
That is certainly true. Thats why I have a living will and durable power of attorney for health care...so as not to put my family is a similar situation.
i was reading through the terrisfight.org site and ran across the section "how you can help".
there is a petition to sign on the site to save terri.
here is the link to it for those who want to sign it.
doogie,
Perhaps glorification was the wrong word....
By offering this as an alternative and in fact an act of love or mercy, this movie along with others continues to make this practive more acceptable...the more we see something that more normalized it becomes, especially if it is presented as an act of love or mission of mercy.
As for her friend feeling guilty it simple adds to the drama and image...
...."aaaaw...see how hard it was for him...he must have loved her very much to do that for her...put her out of her misery".....
i was reading through the terrisfight.org site and ran across the section "how you can help".
there is a petition to sign on the site to save terri.
here is the link to it for those who want to sign it.
(((Brenda)))
Dear friend...and I do consider you that. You are an able debater who responds with thought and feeling rather than sarcasm or ridicule and most often your posts demonstrate your good humor.
I posted on this thread...not because I think Terri should be kept alive...in fact I find myself torn on her case specifically. I also agree that if I were terminally ill...no chance of recovery...I would choose to end my life at a time and manner of my choosing.
I posted, as I often do, mearly to take the opportunity to speak to a topic close to my heart and hopefully make people think, raise awareness or just start a little intelligent debate.
As to needing a ramp for your soap box.....I bought one of those $25,000 wheelchairs that climbs stairs..."I don need no stinkin ramps"
