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i bet you love him much as your otherr children too
----- Original Message -----
From: BrightIs <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 11, 1999 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: assisted suicide (long response - get coffee)
> > There are many conditions that the medical society deem incompatible
with
> life and advise parents not to treat such as many
> trisomys.
>
> You know when they diagnoised my youngest with microcephaly, they said he
> may not ever walk or talk and will most likly be mentally retarded. At
this
> time he is walking, he started walking at 18 months of age, thats late but
> it is walking. He is now trying to learn to balance enough to run and
jump,
> which the neurologist said he would never do, give him about a year and he
> will probably do that too.
> Granted he is having difficulties in talking, but at age 23 months he
> says"mah""dah""by""bah-bah" and "ball", I would say that is a good start
to
> talking. Granted he has alot of health issues going on and we still do
not
> know how long he is going to live, but can't we enjoy him as long as he is
> here?
> Deborah mom of 4
>
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