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Re: Birth defect legal questionFrom: Diane Castellanos (tdrcaste@yahoo.com)Mon Jan 31 12:01:55 2005
Barbara, I am so sorry for your loss. My daughters are almost grown and I thank God they are healthy except one is a typical college student (recovering/relapsing adolescent) and the other is moving into that realm. I was watching Sesame Street with my youngest, many years ago, when Gordon (I think) was explaining to a character that he "hoped" his baby girl would grow up to be a woman some day. That struck me as very profound, I looked at my daughter and hoped too, that she would grow up to be a woman some day. They are gifts (no choice on options and no warranties). I give the same counseling to my clients. Even if the pregnancy goes to term, and an appearantly healthy baby is born. God gives us no guarantees. --- Except I have to leave God out of it since I work(ed) for a governmental program-- And yes, you are right, we all want our children to be perfect, we want a guarantee. People don't want to be angry at God for the imperfection in their lives; they believe it is a sin. (someone pointed out to me the story of Job which fit into my particular belief system) As part of the grieving process, where do you put the blame? If not God, then the OB/GYN. Diane ARNP in OK now RN in TN
orza@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 1/31/2005 9:22:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, evsono@pipeline.com writes:
and some that will be diagnosed later in life than
>birth. I know that from experience. My daughter was diagnosed with Friedreich's Ataxia at age 9 after showing neuro symptoms for 4 years. There was no gene test then (1986) as there is today, so diagnosis took a long time and many, many tests. I always tell patients that we could do every test known to medicine and there still could be something wrong with their child. There are no guarantees. I just cringe when people say "we don't care what sex the baby is as long as it's OK (read, perfect). What are you going to do if it isn't - give it away? I'd give anything to have my daughter back - she died from a PE at age 24 in 2001. Barbara Orza, CNM Atlanta Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'
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