i think i am with you kyle. 

--- "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Let me get this straight--I want to be absolutely
> sure I understand what
> you're implying here.  "Saving" premature babies in
> order to bring them
> into the ranks of the living is problem?  So medical
> science should not
> be used to protect and preserve a life if that life
> is too fragile to
> survive without it?  
> 
> I daresay that many of us on this list would not be
> here if that were
> the case.  Would it have been better to let us all
> perish because, after
> all, life with a kid with disabilities is going to
> be more difficult
> than raising a healthy child, right?
> 
> There are a bunch of us on this list whose parents
> were advised to
> "institutionalize" us as small children because we
> would never walk,
> talk, or have cognitive abilities greater than the
> average grapefruit.
> I think as a group we've disproved that notion.
> 
> I think I am about to be offended.  I hope you can
> change my mind.
> 
> Kyle
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 8:21 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: not what if/ and rate of CP not the
> same
> 
> First off I was not saying... what if... I mentioned
> the fact that the
> dr's 
> did not tell me they were saving my child.  I was
> mention the stem cell
> thing 
> so if any of you had saved your cord blood you may
> want to check into
> it.  I 
> think all they did was give him his blood back but
> it did not say... so
> you 
> would have to look into it.
>  
> As to the rates of CP.... they were the 1 birth
> problem that was way
> down 
> 'UNTIL' 20 or 30 years ago when doctor started
> 'saving'  and
> experimenting and 
> making millions of preemies and their families.  The
> rate were down
> because of 
> better prenatal care but then when they started
> adding the smaller and
> smaller 
> babies back to the living the rates of CP when right
> back up.
>  
> Just a thought-
> Kristina
> 
> 
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