tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post5927969113847739594..comments2024-03-28T03:15:55.088-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: "It's almost like losing a child"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-48489884998126321952009-12-17T01:48:06.985-05:002009-12-17T01:48:06.985-05:00starnail Take a piece of mestarnail Take a piece of meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-2036488326775252002009-04-02T05:03:00.000-04:002009-04-02T05:03:00.000-04:00O-o-kay; no; in fact children with developmental d...O-o-kay; no; in fact children with developmental disabilities aren't -in utero- and they certainly do have -selves.- And yeah, I think the piece about <I>gosh, maybe the kid actually liked living and didn't want or -need- to die not so much from a tooth infection but actually from malign neglect</I>-- I mean--seriously? Seriously? And what do you mean wrt legal documentation? Maybe I'm just belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-54500919816696079182009-04-02T00:16:00.000-04:002009-04-02T00:16:00.000-04:00On top of Jenny McCarthy's referring to "disabled ...On top of Jenny McCarthy's referring to "disabled kids in classrooms" as "shadows" in a Time interview (quoted at Respectful Insolence) and that <I>weird</I> ending to the piece ("Nobody consults the child"? That's the same fatuous argument as I hear from anti-abortion mooks who want to know how I'd feel if someone had aborted me -- I wouldn't feel <I>anything</I> because there wouldn't <I>be</IInterrobanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073177798747299275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-15046152360035163842009-03-30T03:04:00.000-04:002009-03-30T03:04:00.000-04:00I don't know, I really don't.welcome, Ruth, p.s.I don't know, I really don't.<BR/><BR/>welcome, Ruth, p.s.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-74353663951707416002009-03-30T01:38:00.000-04:002009-03-30T01:38:00.000-04:00Oh god, words fail me, this makes me well up, how ...Oh god, words fail me, this makes me well up, how could anyone say that and deny a child basic medical care? How are the parents meant to carry on now without their little girl?Rosemary Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12204378986946967049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-56226691976490049722009-03-29T21:55:00.000-04:002009-03-29T21:55:00.000-04:00Everytime I read/hear these stories, I die a littl...Everytime I read/hear these stories, I die a little inside. <BR/> It seems that people with "disabilities" are still valued less than "normals" -even legally. If you pay attention to the dates, Daisy was denied care in 2005. I doubt folks will be charged, stripped of licensing, ect 4 years later. Even if they are - it's 4 years too late. They should have been terminated <I> immediately </I>, but andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193493687484232494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-52981397507648607382009-03-29T08:46:00.000-04:002009-03-29T08:46:00.000-04:00I hope there is some kind of legal action that can...I hope there is some kind of legal action that can be successfully taken against the doctors and hospital. It seems so clear-cut, but IANAL etc. But yeah they should never be allowed to "practice medicine" (if you can call what they did "practicing medicine") again.EthylBenzenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809013705471938666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-67944530025791358442009-03-29T00:13:00.000-04:002009-03-29T00:13:00.000-04:00at -minimum- lose their license. ideally i would ...at -minimum- lose their license. ideally i would say jail time, because that's fucking criminal, but what are the odds. for damn sure they shouldn't be working in the field, that's taking the Hippocratic Oath and -spraining- it.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-30955364724804489032009-03-29T00:08:00.000-04:002009-03-29T00:08:00.000-04:00Yes it feels about the same for people with Asperg...Yes it feels about the same for people with Asperger Syndrome, being told either that "your life must be so horrible" on one hand, and when we defend it, we're told that we don't 'really' have AS, because people who do are noticeably 'weird' or something. This was the attitude of one of my psychiatrist towards it. The prospect of my being diagnosed with AS was dismissed offhand because I didn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-51027573282767335992009-03-28T20:46:00.000-04:002009-03-28T20:46:00.000-04:00~sniff~I also hear some of this same sentiment (i....~sniff~<BR/><BR/>I also hear some of this same sentiment (i.e., your life is not worth living because some random person said so and decided for you) in some anti-vaccination rhetoric. I don't want to start a tangent and I don't care if you don't want to get your child vaccinated for whatever reason, but some of the rhetoric verges wildly into what seems to me to be almost, I dunno, anti-autism,EthylBenzenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809013705471938666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-2487340567891332082009-03-28T17:37:00.000-04:002009-03-28T17:37:00.000-04:00I can't imagine it either.I can't imagine it either.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-75518396047525638172009-03-28T16:58:00.000-04:002009-03-28T16:58:00.000-04:00Hey, there is this, in the link:In 1988 Nolan won ...Hey, there is this, in the link:<BR/><BR/><I>In 1988 Nolan won the Whitbread prize for his second book, Under the Eye of the Clock.</I><BR/><BR/>This is a tremendous book! I had not known Christopher Nolan had passed on, which made me cry, too. But I highly recommend the book to everyone here! <BR/><BR/><I>((hugs trouble back!))</I>Daisy Deadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993200276152025235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-58494478328805355582009-03-28T16:26:00.000-04:002009-03-28T16:26:00.000-04:00[by which I mean I find the general callousness to...[by which I mean I find the general callousness to be horrific and enraging. I just think that these things happen for inter-related reasons.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-55474160200964996642009-03-28T16:25:00.000-04:002009-03-28T16:25:00.000-04:00*hugs Daisy*I can't imagine it, either, and the ho...*hugs Daisy*<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine it, either, and the horrible thing is that it's all too common.<BR/><BR/>The flip side is, of course, when a parent murders their child. The newspapers then tend to talk about how tragic that child's life was and how we should accept that the parent was just overwhelmed and who are we to judge?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-69680108743977935612009-03-28T15:54:00.000-04:002009-03-28T15:54:00.000-04:00This just made me cry today... it is my baby's bir...This just made me cry today... it is my baby's birthday. <BR/><BR/>I cannot imagine the anguish. <BR/><BR/>:(Daisy Deadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993200276152025235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-32553955045979123682009-03-28T15:38:00.000-04:002009-03-28T15:38:00.000-04:00That is fucking horrible. The medical professional...That is fucking horrible. The medical professionals who participated in denying appropriate care to the sick girl should be permanently stripped of their licenses to practice medicine/nursing/etc: whatever professional role they were supposed to be fulfilling.Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com