I agree with Kat.  The doctor thought I would be
a vegetable so he advised my parents to put me in
an institution.





--- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I think all of us beat our doctors'
> expectations. I know my doctor didn't expect me
> to live, much less learn anything or go to
> school.  My mother's voice would rise with
> indignation every time she told me he would
> tell her I would end up in an insitution, not
> able to care for myself or feed myself.  Well,
> turns out all my CP is all in my legs and I am
> on my own, and have 2 college degrees, etc.  I
> just wish he were still alive so I could tell
> him how well my life turned out but he died
> when I was still a child.  Living well is the
> best revenge, as they say.
>
> Kat
>
>
> On Fri, 3 May 2002 12:10:12 -0700 jd
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> --- "BG Greer, PhD" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> . When a new born is sus=
> > pected of having cerebral palsy, physicians
> will
> > often paint a “worse c=
> > ase scenario” for the traumatized parents by
> > telling them their newborn=
> >  “bundle of joy” most likely will not be
> > able to walk, to talk, wi=
> > ll be retarded, blind or deaf or both. This
> way the
> > physician’s ass is=20=
> > covered. And that is what happened to my
> parents
> > when I was born.
>
>
> This was interesting timing Bobby. This morning
> Alex
> asked me the question I really didn't want to
> answer...Mom why can't I walk. I told him he
> was born
> to soon and too little and was very sick when
> he was
> born and has a boo boo on his brain that causes
> him to
> have trouble walking. I told him the doctors
> told me
> he wouldn't be able to walk, talk, eat or think
> by
> himself. This kid who uses a walker, braces,
> has low
> vision and has had a feeding tube for almost
> 1/2 his
> life etc., etc., looked me straight in the eye
> and
> said
> "I sure fooled the doctors, haven't I Mom?"
> Joanne
>
>
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